kulfon

See also: Kulfon

Polish

Alternative forms

• kulfan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ку́лган (kúlhan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkul.fɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ulfɔn
• Syllabification: kul‧fon
• Homophone: Kulfon

Noun

kulfon m animal or m inan (diminutive kulfonik)

1. (colloquial) scrawl

   Synonyms: koślawiec, kulas

Noun

kulfon m animal or m inan

1. (colloquial, derogatory) conk, hooter

   Synonym: nochal

2. (colloquial, derogatory) stump

   Synonym: gira

3. (historical) worn-out ducat

Declension

Declension of kulfon

	singular	plural
nominative	kulfon	kulfony
genitive	kulfona	kulfonów
dative	kulfonowi	kulfonom
accusative	kulfona/kulfon	kulfony
instrumental	kulfonem	kulfonami
locative	kulfonie	kulfonach
vocative	kulfonie	kulfony

Noun

kulfon m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) klutz, oaf

Declension

Declension of kulfon

	singular	plural
nominative	kulfon	kulfoni/kulfony (deprecative)
genitive	kulfona	kulfonów
dative	kulfonowi	kulfonom
accusative	kulfona	kulfonów
instrumental	kulfonem	kulfonami
locative	kulfonie	kulfonach
vocative	kulfonie	kulfoni

Derived terms

adjectives

• kulfoniasty

 

nouns

• Kulfon

 

Further reading

• kulfon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kulfon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “kujon”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna