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See also: Czort
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čьrtъ. This form was possibly influenced by Russian чёрт (čort). Doublet of ciort and czart.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]czort m animal or m pers (diminutive czorcik)
- devil, demon (creature of hell)
- 1838, Feliks Wrotnowski, Powstanie na Wołyniu, Podolu i Ukrainie w roku 1831: opisane podług podań dowódzców i wspołuczestników tegoż powstania, page 132:
- Panowie wasi dawno chcieli waszego szczęścia, ale im car tego zrobić niepozwalał; bo car znaczy nie to co Bóg, ale znaczy to co czort (diabeł).
- You have long wanted your happiness but the tsar has not allowed this, because the tsar is not God but rather a demon (devil).
- 1884, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Ogniem i mieczem:
- Wiem ja — rzekł — że tobie czort bratem, ale na czorta są sposoby. — Czort nie czort, a sposobu nie ma — odparła Horpyna. — Żeby ty, sokole, na całym świecie schowania dla swojej kniaziówny szukał, to by ty lepszego nie znalazł.
- "I know", he said, "that the devil is your brother, but a devil has his ways.
"Whether he's a devil or not, there's no way," Horpyn replied "for you, falcon, to look for protection for the knyaz's daughter the whole world wide, or for you to find it."
- "I know", he said, "that the devil is your brother, but a devil has his ways.
- 1971, Antoni Sygietyński, O teatrze i dramacie:
- Gada się, bo się gada. Wiesz, że łatałem, jak mogłem, ale... czort dał, czort wziął... I on śmiał zaorać!
- It's said, because it is said. You know, I patched it up as best I could... but the devil giveth, the devil taketh away... and he dared to plough!
- 1978, Zbigniew Żakiewicz, Markigo albo komiczne przygody Marka Piekielnika:
- — Tak — mówi wtedy czort — typuj, a ja NUMERA podaję.
- "Yes," the demon then said. "Type and I'll give you the NUMBER.
- 2007, “Era retuszera”, in UniSexBlues, performed by Katarzyna Nosowska:
- Gdzie brzydka treść, obrazek czy dźwięk
Tam, tam, tam sypie ziarnem czort.
Tam, tam, tam zbiera potem plon.- Where there is ugly content, image, or sound
There, there, there the demon sows seed.
There, there, there the crop later grows.
- Where there is ugly content, image, or sound
- (colloquial) devil (person)
Declension
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