A fight between two foreign youths in Çarvignan has led to a knife attack. In this report, we find the verb scurtissâ, which means to knife, either by stabbing or slashing. Given the details of the report, it would appear that the victim was slashed rather than stabbed. To read the report in its original version in Friulian media, follow the link after the report.
Barufe tra frutats a Çarvignan, scurtissât un di disesiet agns: Une barufe tra minôrs no compagnâts e je lade a finî cul scurtissament di un zovin iranian di disesiet agns. Il fat al è sucedût îr sere a Çarvignan. Par causis ancjemò di sclarî, e je tacade une discussion tra la vitime e un egjizian di cuindis agns che, a un ciert pont, al à tirât fûr un curtìs e al à cjapât l’iranian tal braç. Par fortune la feride e no jere brute, ma il zovin al è stât puartât tal ospedâl di Udin par jessi curât. Sul fat a stan investigant i carabinîrs di Çarvignan. / Riferiment: La Vôs dai Furlans.
Fight between unaccompanied boys in Çarvignan, seventeen-year-old slashed: A fight between unaccompanied minors ended with a knife attack on an Iranian youth of seventeen years of age. The incident occurred yesterday evening in Çarvignan. For reasons still unclear, an argument broke out between the victim and a fifteen-year-old Egyptian who, at some point, pulled out a knife and attacked the Iranian in the arm. Fortunately, the wound was not severe, but the youth was taken to hospital in Udin for treatment. The carabinîrs of Çarvignan are investigating the incident.
Friulian vocabulary
- une barufe, a fight, a brawl
- un frutat, a boy, a young lad
- scurtissâ, to knife {to stab, to slash}
- un scurtissament, a knife attack
- sclarî, to make clear
- une discussion, an argument
- tirâ fûr, to pull out
- un curtìs, a knife
- un braç, an arm
- une feride, a wound
- brut, severe, serious
- un ospedâl, a hospital
- curâ, to treat
- il fat, the incident
Un scurtissament: a knife attack {a stabbing, a slashing}. Also used: une scurtissade, which can furthermore take on the meaning of knife wound. For precision, the following can, at least in theory, be used when context does not make clear whether a stab wound or slash wound is involved: une scurtissade di tai (a slash wound); une scurtissade di ponte (a stab wound). The root of scurtissament (knife attack) and scurtissade (knife attack, knife wound) is, of course, curtìs (knife). Some examples: un scurtissament cuntun curtìs di cusine (a knife attack with a kitchen knife); une scurtissade in plen centri (a knife attack right in city centre); al è muart cun cinc scurtissadis (he died by five knife wounds {stab wounds}).
Below is an image of a fight that occurred in Udin last year. It is not from the incident described in the news report above. What can you say in Friulian about what is occurring in this scene? You may need to review how to talk in Friulian about street fights: see below.
Friulian pronunciation
Tonic stress falls on the syllable marked by an accent in the following words: disesièt, barùfe, frutàt, zòvin, iraniàn, discussiòn, vìtime, egjiziàn, cuìndis, ferìde.
Related Friulian: Talking about street fights
e je simpri plui violence in Friûl, there is always more violence in Friûl; violence dongje de stazion dai trens, violence near the train station; violence dongje de stazion des corieris, violence near the bus station; une barufe tacade a Udin, a brawl that broke out in Udin; une barufe îr di sere, a fight last night; une barufe vuê di matine, a fight this morning; dilunc de barufe, during the fight; al à menaçât un zovin, he threatened a young man; al à angariât un zovin di cutuardis agns, he harassed a young man of fourteen years of age; doprâ un curtìs, to use a knife; doprant une curtiele, using a switchblade {a pocketknife}; menaçâ cuntun curtìs, to threaten with a knife; mi à menaçât cuntune curtiele, he threatened me with a switchblade {a pocketknife}; prin lu àn pacât, po lu àn copât, first they hit him, then they killed him; a àn tacât a pacâsi, they started throwing punches, they came to blows; si son pacâts par ben, they got into a serious brawl; a continuavin a pacâsi cun fuarce, they kept hitting one another violently; al jere dome un pôc ferît, he was only slightly injured; tirâ un pugn, to throw a punch; al à cjapât un pugn in muse, he took a punch to the face; al è stât ferît tal cuel, he was injured in the neck; lu àn legnât, they clubbed him; al è stât metût suntune barele, he was put on a stretcher; al è stât puartât in ospedâl, he was taken to hospital; a stan indagant lis fuarcis dal ordin, law enforcement are investigating; al è stât denunziât, he has been reported; denunziât par puart di armis, reported for bearing of arms; armis che a puedin ofindi, arms that can cause injury.