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

Etymology

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

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

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

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

   Dušan kurwa zamknij kibel!

   Dušan fucking close the toilet!

Usage notes

• While it used to be regarded as being used only by illiterate peasants, nowadays kurwa can be heard in various social classes; ranging from people with very low career perspective up to millionaires, lobbyists and politicians (in private), regardless of party or authority level.

• In many cases it is used to spontaneously express discomfort, anger or pain.

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

• Generally the lower someone's social status and/or origin in society is, the more frequent the word is expected to be heard in regular conversations and in combination with other vulgar words like chuj, jebać or pierdolić, sometimes so frequently that it becomes impossible to carry on a normal conversation.

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kury

Noun

kurwa f

1. whore, prostitute
2. bitch