gusle
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gȕsle/гу̏сле. Doublet of gusli.
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gusle (plural gusles)
- (music) A single-stringed lute-like stringed instrument with a bowl-shaped body, held vertically in the lap and played a bow, originating among the Slavic peoples in the Balkans, especially in the Dinarides region.
- Synonym: lahuta
- 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 30:
- Songs of Brankovich's speed are sung to the strains of the gusle.
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single-stringed instrument
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References edit
- 1997. A History of European Folk Music. Jan Ling. Pg. 139.
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gǫsli.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gȕsle f pl (Cyrillic spelling гу̏сле)
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Declension of gusle
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nominative | gȕsle |
genitive | gȕsālā / gȕslī |
dative | guslama |
accusative | gusle |
vocative | gusle |
locative | guslama |
instrumental | guslama |