kukurica
Slovak
Etymology
A wanderword of Balkan origin. Probably entered Slovak from Hungarian kukorica, which in turn is from Serbo-Croatian кукуруз or Romanian cucuruz. Compare Slovene koruza, Czech kukuřice, Ukrainian кукуру́дза, Polish kukurydza, Russian кукуруза.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkukurit͡sa/
Noun
kukurica f (genitive singular kukurice, nominative plural kukurice, genitive plural kukuríc, declension pattern of ulica)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kukurica | kukurice |
| genitive | kukurice | kukuríc |
| dative | kukurici | kukuriciam |
| accusative | kukuricu | kukurice |
| locative | kukurici | kukuriciach |
| instrumental | kukuricou | kukuricami |
Derived terms
- kukuričie
- kukurička
- kukuričnisko
- kukuričný
References
- ^ Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého (1968), 2nd edition, pp. 267 and 306, Prague: Academia
- ^ кокор in: Български етимологичен речник (Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary), т. II, стр. 537
Further reading
- “kukurica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026