Hello, all.
I know almost all languages that use surnames have colourful ones that are formed from adjectives, verbs, or other parts of speech as well as descriptive ones based on the appearance of a person or some physical characteristic. In Ukrainian, however, there are some very unusual surnames that are not just single adjectives or other single-word describers, but are actual descriptive phrases, often verbal. Here are some examples:
Перебийніс -Re-break the nose
Перемийвовк - Re-wash the wolf
Недайборщ - Don't give the borshch
Нетудихата - The house isn't over there
Непалицеркву - Don't burn the church
Накрайсела - At the edge of the village
Непийпиво - Don't drink the beer
Do similar phrasal surnames, especially ones formed from verb phrases, exist in other Slavic languages? Of course they do in Russian and Belarusan, given the centuries of movement of people within the Russian and Soviet empires, but what about in West and South Slavic?
Thanks.
I know almost all languages that use surnames have colourful ones that are formed from adjectives, verbs, or other parts of speech as well as descriptive ones based on the appearance of a person or some physical characteristic. In Ukrainian, however, there are some very unusual surnames that are not just single adjectives or other single-word describers, but are actual descriptive phrases, often verbal. Here are some examples:
Перебийніс -Re-break the nose
Перемийвовк - Re-wash the wolf
Недайборщ - Don't give the borshch
Нетудихата - The house isn't over there
Непалицеркву - Don't burn the church
Накрайсела - At the edge of the village
Непийпиво - Don't drink the beer
Do similar phrasal surnames, especially ones formed from verb phrases, exist in other Slavic languages? Of course they do in Russian and Belarusan, given the centuries of movement of people within the Russian and Soviet empires, but what about in West and South Slavic?
Thanks.
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