Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurica

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

From *kurъ (“cock”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kurica f

  1. hen

Inflection

Declension of *kurica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kurica *kurici *kuricę̇
genitive *kuricę̇ *kuricu *kuricь
dative *kurici *kuricama *kuricamъ
accusative *kuricǫ *kurici *kuricę̇
instrumental *kuricejǫ, *kuricǫ** *kuricama *kuricami
locative *kurici *kuricu *kuricasъ, *kuricaxъ*
vocative *kurice *kurici *kuricę̇

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ку́рыца (kúryca)
    • Russian: ку́рица (kúrica)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: kurica
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kurica (dialectal)
    • Polish: kurzyca (15th-17th c.)
    • Slovincian: kʉ̃řäcă

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kurica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257
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