Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuropěnьje

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 (“rooster”) +‎ *-o- +‎ *pěnьje (“singing”).

Noun

*kuropěnьje n

1. rooster singing

Inflection

Declension of *kuropěnьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kuropěnьje	*kuropěnьji	*kuropěnьja
genitive	*kuropěnьja	*kuropěnьju	*kuropěnьjь
dative	*kuropěnьju	*kuropěnьjema	*kuropěnьjemъ
accusative	*kuropěnьje	*kuropěnьji	*kuropěnьja
instrumental	*kuropěnьjьmь, *kuropěnьjemь*	*kuropěnьjema	*kuropěnьji
locative	*kuropěnьji	*kuropěnьju	*kuropěnьjixъ
vocative	*kuropěnьje	*kuropěnьji	*kuropěnьja

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: kuropénje
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kuropěnie
    • Czech: kuropění
    • → Ukrainian: куропі́ння (kuropínnja) (rare)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kuropěnьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 127