Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurьcь

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 1

*kurъ (“cock”) +‎ *-ьcь

Noun

*kurьcь m

capon (gelt rooster)
(figurative) penis

Declension

Declension of *kurьcь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьci
genitive	*kurьca	*kurьcu	*kurьcь
dative	*kurьcu	*kurьcema	*kurьcemъ
accusative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьcę̇
instrumental	kurьcьmь, kurьcemь^*	*kurьcema	*kurьci
locative	*kurьci	*kurьcu	*kurьcixъ
vocative	*kurьče	*kurьca	*kurьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: курецъ (kurecŭ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: ку́рец (kúrec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ку̏рац
  
  Latin script: kȕrac
- Slovene: kȗrəc (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kurec
- Kashubian: kùrc
- Polish: kurzec, kurzak

Etymology 2

*kuriti (“to smoke”) +‎ *-ьcь

Noun

*kurьcь m

smoker

Declension

Declension of *kurьcь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьci
genitive	*kurьca	*kurьcu	*kurьcь
dative	*kurьcu	*kurьcema	*kurьcemъ
accusative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьcę̇
instrumental	kurьcьmь, kurьcemь^*	*kurьcema	*kurьci
locative	*kurьci	*kurьcu	*kurьcixъ
vocative	*kurьče	*kurьca	*kurьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: курэц (kurec)
- Russian: куре́ц (kuréc)
- Ukrainian: курець (kurecʹ)
South Slavic: —
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: kurc

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kurьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 133