chyra

See also: Chyra and Chyrą

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian ги́ра (hýra).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

chyra f

  1. (Lviv) tangled mass of hair
    Synonym: kołtun
    • 1937, Tadeusz Kudliński, Rumieńce wolności‎[1], Towarzystwo Wydawnicze "Rój,", page 114:
      Stały chłopy przysadziste z gębami pomarszczonemi od wiatru i deszczu, z chyrami na oczy spadającemi, o ciężkich, od pracy obwisłych rękach, przygarbieni.
      Stoopy peasants stood with their mouths wrinkled from the wind and rain, with tangled hair falling over their eyes, with heavy hands drooping from work, hunched over.
    • 1964, Gabriela Zapolska, Fioletowe pończochy: i inne opowiadania nieznane‎[2], Wydawn. Literackie, page 134:
      Inne jeszcze w kąt chaty wciśniętė, zupełnie nagie, wpakowało oba kułaki w usta i patrzyło spod pokudłanej chyry na Józia nieufnie i chmurnie.
      The other two, still crammed into the corner of the hut, completely naked, stuffed both fists into their mouths and looked from under their disheveled tangled heads of hair at Józio distrustfully and sullenly.
  2. (Lviv) mane of a boar
    Synonym: chyb
  3. (Eastern Lublin, Tworyczów) synonym of wada

Declension

Declension of chyra
singular plural
nominative chyra chyry
genitive chyry chyr
dative chyrze chyrom
accusative chyrę chyry
instrumental chyrą chyrami
locative chyrze chyrach
vocative chyro chyry

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “hyra”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

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