буржуй
See also: буржуи
Belarusian
Etymology
Ultimately from French bourgeois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [burˈʐuj]
- Rhymes: -uj
- Hyphenation: бур‧жуй
Noun
буржу́й • (buržúj) m pers (genitive буржу́я, nominative plural буржу́і, genitive plural буржу́яў, female equivalent буржу́йка, relational adjective буржу́йскі)
- (colloquial) bourgeois
Declension
Declension of буржу́й (pr soft masc-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | буржу́й buržúj |
буржу́і buržúi |
| genitive | буржу́я buržúja |
буржу́яў buržújaŭ |
| dative | буржу́ю buržúju |
буржу́ям buržújam |
| accusative | буржу́я buržúja |
буржу́яў buržújaŭ |
| instrumental | буржу́ем buržújem |
буржу́ямі buržújami |
| locative | буржу́ю buržúju |
буржу́ях buržújax |
| count form | — | буржу́і1 buržúi1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Derived terms
nouns
- буржу́йка f inan (buržújka)
References
- “буржуй”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
- “буржуй” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bourgeois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʊrˈʐuj]
Audio: (file)
Noun
буржу́й • (buržúj) m anim (genitive буржу́я, nominative plural буржу́и, genitive plural буржу́ев, feminine буржу́йка, relational adjective буржу́йский)
- (colloquial) bourgeois
- 2017 [c. 1910s], “Яблочко [Jabločko, Little Apple]”[1]performed by Отава Ё [Otava Yo]:
- Эх, яблочко, да с голубикою.
Подходи, буржуй, глазик выколю!- Ex, jabločko, da s golubikoju.
Podxodi, buržuj, glazik vykolju! - Hey, the little apple, with the bog blueberry.
Come [here], bourgeois, I'll gouge out [your] eye!
- Ex, jabločko, da s golubikoju.
Declension
Declension of буржу́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
Related terms
- буржу́йка (buržújka)
Descendants
- → Polish: burżuj
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bourgeois.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bʊrˈʒui̯]
Noun
буржу́й • (buržúj) m pers (genitive буржу́я, nominative plural буржу́ї, genitive plural буржу́їв, female equivalent буржу́йка, relational adjective буржу́йський)
- (colloquial) bourgeois
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | буржу́й buržúj |
буржу́ї buržúji |
| genitive | буржу́я buržúja |
буржу́їв buržújiv |
| dative | буржу́ю, буржу́єві buržúju, buržújevi |
буржу́ям buržújam |
| accusative | буржу́я buržúja |
буржу́їв buržújiv |
| instrumental | буржу́єм buržújem |
буржу́ями buržújamy |
| locative | буржу́ю, буржу́єві, буржу́ї buržúju, buržújevi, buržúji |
буржу́ях buržújax |
| vocative | буржу́ю buržúju |
буржу́ї buržúji |
Related terms
- буржу́йка (buržújka)
References
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “буржу́й”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (в – відсрібли́тися), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN