cucurig

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Serbo-Croatian kukurek or Bulgarian кукурег (kukureg, “fragrant hellebore”), кукуряг (kukurjag), but they could also come from Romanian.

Noun

cucurig m (plural cucurigi)

1. (regional) hellebore

Declension

Declension of cucurig

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cucurig	cucurigul	(niște) cucurigi	cucurigii
genitive/dative	(unui) cucurig	cucurigului	(unor) cucurigi	cucurigilor
vocative	cucurigule		cucurigilor

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукуряг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 111