Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kura
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
*kùra f[1]
Declension edit
Declension of *kùra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kùra | *kùrě | *kùry |
| genitive | *kùry | *kùru | *kùrъ |
| dative | *kùrě | *kùrama | *kùramъ |
| accusative | *kùrǫ | *kùrě | *kùry |
| instrumental | *kùrojǫ, *kùrǭ** | *kùrama | *kùramī |
| locative | *kùrě | *kùru | *kùrasъ, *kùraxъ* |
| vocative | *kùro | *kùrě | *kùry |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Related forms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: kúra (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kura I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 508
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References edit
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kúra¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *kűra ‛kokoš’”
Etymology 2 edit
Action noun of *kuriti (“to smoke”) + *-a.
Noun edit
*kurà f (East Slavic)
Declension edit
Declension of *kurà (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kurà | *kurě | *kury |
| genitive | *kury | *kuru | *kurъ |
| dative | *kurě | *kurama | *kuramъ |
| accusative | *kurǫ | *kurě | *kury |
| instrumental | *kurojǫ, *kurǫ** | *kurama | *kurami |
| locative | *kurě | *kuru | *kurasъ, *kuraxъ* |
| vocative | *kuro | *kurě | *kury |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Derived terms edit
- *kurišče (augmentative)
Related forms edit
- *kurь, *kurina (“fume”)
- *kurivo (“unit of heat”)
- *kuridlo (“censer, smoke”)
- *kurьmo (“smoke cloud, haze”)
- *skvara (“conflagration, scorch”) (possibly)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kura II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кура́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress