čelebija

Definitions

1. 1.
   a piece of wood used in weaving (unlike other uses, in feminine gender)

   • Као самостални дио служи »челебија« од буковог дрвета за управљање и провлачење нити.

     Kao samostalni dio služi »čelebija« od bukovog drveta za upravljanje i provlačenje niti. — Serving as an independent part is the "čelebija" made of beechwood, used for guiding and threading the weft.

   • Челеби́ју ту́римо на зе́ват, про́времо ђу па ни́тимо (Пир[от]).

     Čelebíju túrimo na zévat, próvremo đu pa nítimo (Pir[ot]). — We set the čelebija in between the threads of the warp, we pull it through and then weave (from Pirot).

2. 2.
   (historical) supervisor of a train station
3. 3.
   archaicgentleman, gallant man, young nobleman

   • Nigdir ni beslie - daruiſa ni hoxe / Nigdir Celebie - chi negre amoxe / Nigdir [ni] azapa - chi pripregnufſi ſchut / Chtoy voyſchi ne chlapa na ſilna cara put

     Nigdir ni bešlije, darviša ni hože, / Nigdir čelebije ki ne gre a može, / Nigdir ni azapa ki pripregnuv si skut / K toj vojski ne klapa na silna cara put. — There's no cavalryman, dervish or preacher, / No young noble who does not go and can go, / There's no soldier who, having prepared his dress, / Does not march to the army, following the path of the mighty emperor.

   • Sviſſe Turczi vodicze napiſce / Alli nekti çelebija mujo.

     Svi se Turci vodice napiše / ali ne kti čelebija Mujo. — All the Turks drank the water / but the gallant Mujo didn't want to.

   • „Није 'ваки челебија за те.“

     „Nije 'vaki čelebija za te.“ — "A gentleman of this sort is not for you."

4. 4.
   archaiclearned man, effendi

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