kurnosy

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian курно́сы (kurnósy) or Ukrainian курно́сий (kurnósyj), from Proto-Slavic *kъrnonosъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kurˈnɔ.sɘ/
• Rhymes: -ɔsɘ
• Syllabification: kur‧no‧sy

Adjective

kurnosy (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (regional) 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

Noun

kurnosy m pers (female equivalent kurnosa)

1. (nominalized) Synonym of kurnos (“pug-nosed person”)

Declension

Declension of kurnosy

	singular	plural
nominative	kurnosy	kurnosy
genitive	kurnosego	kurnosych
dative	kurnosemu	kurnosym
accusative	kurnosego	kurnosych
instrumental	kurnosym	kurnosymi
locative	kurnosym	kurnosych
vocative	kurnosy	kurnosy

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