шаркань

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian sárkány, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *siāŕgan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃarkaɲ]
• Rhymes: -arkaɲ
• Hyphenation: шар‧кань

Noun

шаркань (šarkanʹ) m anim (related adjective шарканьов)

1. dragon

   Near-synonym: ящур (jaščur)

2. kite (a lightweight toy carried on the wind and controlled from the ground by a line)
3. (vulgar, generally in the genitive) devil, hell

   Synonyms: дябол (djabol), пшамац (pšamac), чорт (čort)

   идз до шарканя езерного! ― idz do šarkanja ezernoho! ― go to hell! (literally, “go to the damned dragon!”)

Declension

Declension of шаркань

	singular	plural
nominative	шаркань (šarkanʹ)	шарканї (šarkanji)
genitive	шарканя (šarkanja)	шарканьох (šarkanʹox)
dative	шарканьови (šarkanʹovi)	шарканьом (šarkanʹom)
accusative	шарканя (šarkanja)	шарканї (šarkanji)
instrumental	шарканьом (šarkanʹom)	шарканями (šarkanjami)
locative	шарканьови (šarkanʹovi)	шарканьох (šarkanʹox)
vocative	шаркань (šarkanʹ)	шарканї (šarkanji)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “шаркань”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “dragon”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 92
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “kite”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 161