Translation
to curse
Examples
o.
He cursed the day of his birth.
o .
The old woman cursed the robbers.
, .
Do not curse what you do not understand.
.
She cursed her fate and wept.
a .
The cursed house stood empty for years.
with the reversing prefix, so this is the formal curse, the one that calls down harm, and it keeps a certain biblical weight. It is not swearing: turning the air blue is sakri, and abusing someone to their face is . The noun o names the curse laid, and is the standard word for accursed in narration. Transitive throughout - you curse a person, a day or a fate, with no preposition.
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