куропатка

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Etymology

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From ку́ра (kúra) (a shortened form of ку́рица (kúrica, hen)) + Old East Slavic пъта (pŭta), the current form of which is пти́ца (ptíca, bird).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʊrɐˈpatkə]
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Noun

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куропа́тка (kuropátkaf anim (genitive куропа́тки, nominative plural куропа́тки, genitive plural куропа́ток)

  1. partridge

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: kuropatka

Further reading

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  • куропатка in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru