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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; also interjection *kury!. Compare *kokotъ (“rooster”), *kokošь (“hen”). Related to Lithuanian kurtinỹs (“grouse”), Greek κούρκος (koúrkos, “turkey”) (probably a Slavic loanword). A connection with Slovak kúriť (“to run”),[1] Lithuanian kùrti (“to run”), else meaning “to smoke, to kindle” (☞ *kūrìti), is also possible. Compare Bulgarian тока́чка (tokáčka, “guinea fowl”), Russian токова́ть (tokovátʹ, “to display courtship (for birds)”) from Proto-Slavic *tokati (“to flow, to propel (a fluid)”).

Noun

*kùrъ m[2][3][4]

  1. cock, rooster
    Synonyms: *pětьlъ, *pětuxъ, *kokotъ
  2. (figurative) cock, male genitalia

Declension
Declension of *kùrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *kùrъ *kùra *kùri
genitive *kùra *kùru *kùrъ
dative *kùru *kùroma *kùromъ
accusative *kùrъ *kùra *kùry
instrumental *kùrъmь, *kùromь* *kùroma *kùrȳ
locative *kùrě *kùru *kùrě̄xъ
vocative *kùre *kùra *kùri
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *kuropъty (“bird of family Phasianidae”)
  • *kurьcь (“capon”)
  • *kurę (diminutive)
    • *kurętina (“domestic fowl”)
  • *kura, *kurica (“hen”)
  • *kurъka, *čurъka (“wild fowl”)
    • → Romanian: curcan m, curcă f (“turkey”)
  • *kury (“whore”) (pejorative)
  • *kurьjь, *kurьnъ (“fowline”)
  • *kъrkati, *kurkati (“to crow”)
  • *kъrkoriti (“to croak”)
  • *xъrtъ (“hound”) (possibly)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: коуръ (kurŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⱆⱃⱏ (kurŭ)
    • Bulgarian: кур (kur)
    • Macedonian: кур (kur)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ку̏р
      Latin script: kȕr
    • Slovene: kȕr (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кур”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kurъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 129
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 142

References
  1. Machek, Václav (1968) “kur”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 308
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kurъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257: “m. o ‘cock’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “kurъ kura”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a hane (SA 166; PR 131)”
  4. Snoj, Marko (2016) “kurec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “od pslovan. *kűrъ ‛petelin’”
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