куропатка

Russian edit

 
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Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): [kʊrɐˈpatkə]
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Noun edit

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

  1. partridge

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Ingrian: kuropatka

Further reading edit

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