the hide of a small animal, such as a fox, hare, or bird, which is pulled off as one · short for Blasebalg (“bellows”), used especially with musical instruments, such as the accordion · follicle
çekim: çoğul Bälge · tamlayan Balges
köken: From Middle High German balc, from Old High German balg, from Proto-West Germanic *balgi. Words for inflated objects are often used to refer to children; compare western German Panz (“child”), which is related with Pansen (“rumen”). Cognates Cognate with Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), Dutch balg, English belly, bellows. Compare also Russian балка (balka, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina…
rabble, riffraff · rascal, blackguard, scoundrel, scum · clever person
çekim: çoğul canailles
eş: salaud, quenaille
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Middle French canaille French canaille Inherited from Middle French canaille, from Italian canaglia.
a young rascal, a naughty to mischievous kid, usually a tomboy · a club, stick, bat
çekim: çoğul bengels
eş: blaag, deugniet, rekel, schavuit
köken: From Middle Dutch bengel, from Old Dutch *bengil, from Proto-West Germanic *bangil, from Proto-Germanic *bangilaz (“club, stick”). Similar sense development is found in German Bengel (“rascal”). Related to English bang.
scoundrel, villain, blackguard, bastard, degenerate · Term of abuse
çekim: çoğul canalhas
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Latin canēs Latin canisder. Vulgar Latin *canālia Italian canagliabor. Portuguese canalha Borrowed from Italian canaglia, ultimately equivalent to cão + -alha.
köken: Uncertain. Possibly a clipping of malimończyk, marymontczyk (“student/professor/baked good from Marymont”), itself probably from French Mariemont (“Mount Mary”), where the element was influenced by a dialectal pronunciation of the prefix anty- (dialectally ancy-), which often has a negative connotation, with sound changes being marymontczyk > marymon > ancymon. First attested in 1914. Compare…
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek διαβάλλω (diabállō) Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos)bor. Latin diaboluslbor. Old Czech diábel Czech ďábel Inherited from Old Czech diábel, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek…
rascal, urchin (a mischievous boy) · scoundrel (a person without honour or virtue) · chicken vendor
çekim: çoğul csibészek
köken: From csibe (“baby chicken”) + -ész (noun-forming suffix denoting an occupation). Its original meaning csibeárus (“chicken vendor”) is obsolete. The modern meaning was influenced by csirkefogó (“rascal, scoundrel”, literally “chicken-catcher”).
yoke-bearer (a term of abuse, usually of slaves) · rascal, scoundrel, rogue
çekim: çoğul furciferī · tamlayan furciferī
köken: Etymology tree Latin furca Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -fer Latin furcifer From furca + -fer.