The word "furry" is used as a curse most often against Jews. But it is also used as a curse against any person. Why and how did it happen? Let's try to find out the meaning of the word "fuzzy" in this article. So, more.
What does the word mean
First of all, let's turn to the dictionary of D. N. Ushakov to find out the meaning of the word "furry".
This is a swear word or meaning "sick scab". Scab is a disease of the skin, hair and nails such as a fungus (mycosis). Other dictionaries interpret the word in the same way.
Dal's dictionary contains such synonyms for the word "scab": "parha", "husk". The word "mangy" is also common and means about the same thing. For example, "mangy dog".
Sometimes "scab" was called dandruff ("parkha"), and then the meaning of the word "velvet" changed somewhat - "fool furry". A hint of untidiness, unkemptness, a neglected appearance of a person was added. It could be attributed to vagrants, drunkards and other sloppy individuals.
Versions of the origin of the word
There isseveral versions of the origin of the word "fuzzy". The first - so called all patients with scab. The second is the Jews. It so happened that all people of Jewish origin began to be called "parkhaty". Let's take a closer look at these assumptions.
Scab is a disease of the skin, hair or nails. It refers to mycoses, fungal diseases.
It is known that the Jews, when they served in the tsarist troops, often suffered from fungal diseases (scab). Skin problems of this kind are typical for this people. The Slavs have always had a bath in high esteem. The steam room was an excellent tool for cleansing the skin and fighting fungus.
And the Jews, however, like many European nations, avoided steam rooms. They considered it unnatural and therefore suffered from fungal infections more often than others. The records of Zagelman (1898-1903), who investigated physical he alth, speak of a large percentage of scab diseases (74.2%) in Jewish soldiers. They were treated and examined in St. Petersburg military hospitals.
Since the people dubbed them "Kids", it turned out to be a single swear expression - "the Jew mangy". Such a nickname sounds insulting, but it has become a stable turn of the Russian language. And where did the word "Jew" come from? It turns out that from the Czech Republic.
Similar to Czech
The third version of the origin of the words "fairy" and "kid" connects them with linguistic similarity with words in the Czech language.
The offensive phrase has a different version of the origin. It originates from the Czech language, in which "kid" has a direct meaning - "Jew", and "prahi" means "money". The second word has changed somewhat over time.
Based on this version, the idiom ceases to be offensive. It directly means a Jew who has money. And the meaning of the word "fuzzy" changes to "money".
