Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kury

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 *kùrъ (“cock, rooster”) +‎ *-y. Originally meant “hen”, for semantic development compare French cocotte, poule. Most likely false cognate of Latin cārus (“beloved”), Latvian kārs (“craving, covetous”) and English whore (from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros).

    Noun

    *kùry f[1][2]

    1. (originally) synonym of *kùra (“hen”)
    2. harlot, strumpet

    Declension

    Declension of *kùry (hard v-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *kùry *kùrъvi *kùrъvi
    genitive *kùrъve *kùrъvu *kùrъvъ
    dative *kùrъvi *kùrъvьma, *kùrъvama* *kùrъvьmъ, *kùrъvamъ*
    accusative *kùrъvь *kùrъvi *kùrъvi
    instrumental *kùrъvьjǫ, *kùrъvľǭ** *kùrъvьma, *kùrъvama* *kùrъvьmī, *kùrъvamī*
    locative *kùrъve *kùrъvu *kùrъvьxъ, *kùrъvaxъ*
    vocative *kùry *kùrъvi *kùrъvi

    * -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
    ** 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

    References

    1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kury”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 132
    2. ^ “kȗrba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

    Further reading

    • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “kurwa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 276
    • Sławski, Franciszek (1966-1969), “kurwa”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes III: Kotar—Kysz, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 416
    • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “ку́рва”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
    • Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “ку́рва”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
    • Králik, Ľubor (2016), “kurva”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 309
    • Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “kurva”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 336
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