Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kura

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 (rooster) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*kùra f[1]

  1. feminine of *kurъ (rooster): hen
Declension
Declension of *kùra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *kùra *kùrě *kùry
genitive *kùry *kùru *kùrъ
dative *kùrě *kùrama *kùramъ
accusative *kùrǫ *kùrě *kùry
instrumental *kùrojǫ, *kùrǭ** *kùrama *kùramī
locative *kùrě *kùru *kùrasъ, *kùraxъ*
vocative *kùro *kùrě *kùry

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

  • *kurica (hen)
  • *kurę (chicken)
    • *kurętina (fowl)
  • *kury (whore)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: кура (kura)
    • Russian: ку́ра (kúra)
    • Ukrainian: курка (kurka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: kúra (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kura (archaic), koura (dialectal)
    • Polabian: ťauro
    • Polish: kura
    • Slovak: kura
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kura I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
  • Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 508
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kúra¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *kűra ‛kokoš’

Etymology 2

Action noun of *kuriti (to smoke) +‎ *-a.

Noun

*kurà f (East Slavic)

  1. duststorm, blizzard
    Synonym: *metělь
Declension
Declension of *kurà (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kurà *kurě *kury
genitive *kury *kuru *kurъ
dative *kurě *kurama *kuramъ
accusative *kurǫ *kurě *kury
instrumental *kurojǫ, *kurǫ** *kurama *kurami
locative *kurě *kuru *kurasъ, *kuraxъ*
vocative *kuro *kurě *kury

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms
  • *kurišče (augmentative)
  • *kurь, *kurina (fume)
  • *kurivo (unit of heat)
  • *kuridlo (censer, smoke)
  • *kurьmo (smoke cloud, haze)
  • *skvara (conflagration, scorch) (possibly)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kura II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кура́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress