kurwa

See also: kurva, kùrwa, kurwą, and курва

Hausa

Noun

kùrwā f (possessed form kùrwar̃)

1. soul

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Polish

Alternative forms

• (archaic, dialectal) kurew
• (colloquial, slang) qrwa

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kury, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂-. Cognate with Latin cārus, Latvian kārs. See also Czech kurva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.va/

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Noun

kurwa f (diminutive kurewka, augmentative kurwisko)

1. (vulgar) prostitute
2. (offensive, vulgar) whore, slut, bitch; term of abuse for women
   • Jan Kochanowski, Na matematyka

     Ziemię pomierzył i głębokie morze, / Wie, jako wstają i zachodzą zorze, / Wiatrom rozumie, praktykuje komu — / A sam nie widzi, że ma kurwę w domu.

     He measured Earth and deep seas, / He knows how dawns rise and go down, / He understand winds,he gives practics, / But he do not sees he has whore in home.

Declension

declension of kurwa

	singular	plural
nominative	kurwa	kurwy
genitive	kurwy	kurew/kurw
dative	kurwie	kurwom
accusative	kurwę	kurwy
instrumental	kurwą	kurwami
locative	kurwie	kurwach
vocative	kurwo	kurwy

Synonyms

• (prostitute): dziwka, kurtyzana, nierządnica, prostytutka, tirówka
• (slut): cichodajka, dupodajka, jawnogrzesznica, ladacznica, lafirynda, latawica, ruchawica, suka, szmata, wszetecznica, wywłoka, zdzira

Derived terms

• (verbs) kurwić się, nakurwić się, skurwić, rozkurwić, wkurwić, zakurwić
• (nouns) kurewstwo, kurwiarz, kurwica, kurwidołek, kurwik, kurwiszcze, kurwiszon, skurwysyn
• (adjectives) kurewski, kurwi

Interjection

kurwa

1. (vulgar) fuck!, shit!, damn!

   Kurwa, mówiłem, żebyś tego nie ruszał!

   Fuck! I told you not to touch this!

2. (vulgar) used as intensifier

   Do każdej pierdółki potrzebna jest zgoda kierownika? To już jest, kurwa, jakiś absurd.

   You need the manager's approval even for the most trivial shit? That's just fucking absurd.

3. (vulgar) used as filler

   Tomasz, kurwa, zamknij kibel!

   Tomasz fucking close the toilet!

Usage notes

• In many cases it is used to spontaneously express many emotions, such as happiness, astonishment, discomfort, anger or pain.

• Random insertion of kurwa as fillers into sentences is associated with the lower social classes.

Further reading

• kurwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kury.

Noun

kurwa f

1. whore, prostitute
2. bitch