kurnosy
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Belarusian курно́сы (kurnósy), from Proto-Slavic *kъrnonosъ.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔsɘ
- Syllabification: kur‧no‧sy
Adjective
kurnosy (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (regional or dialectal, Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) pug-nosed, snub-nosed
Declension
Declension of kurnosy (hard)
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
| nominative/ |
kurnosy | kurnosa | kurnose | kurnosy | kurnose | |
| genitive | kurnosego | kurnosej | kurnosego | kurnosych | ||
| dative | kurnosemu | kurnosej | kurnosemu | kurnosym | ||
| accusative | kurnosego | kurnosy | kurnosą | kurnose | kurnosych | kurnose |
| instrumental | kurnosym | kurnosą | kurnosym | kurnosymi | ||
| locative | kurnosym | kurnosej | kurnosym | kurnosych | ||
Related terms
nouns
- kurnos
- kurnosek
Further reading
- kurnosy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kurnosy”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 643
- Jan Karłowicz (1901), “kurnosy”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 532