kukuřice
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Etymology edit
Attested in Karel Thám's Deutsch-böhmisches National-lexikon (1788), in actual usage at least since 1798. A wanderword of unknown Balkan origin, perhaps from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz) or Serbo-Croatian kukuruz. The ending of the modern form is probably due to paronymic attraction to common suffix -ice.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kukuřice f (related adjective kukuřičný)
- maize, corn
- 1798, Ladislav Bohuslav Bartholomeides, Geograffia aneb Wypsáni Okrsslku Zemského s ssesti Mappami wlasni rukau geho wyrytými:
- Opogný nápog také milugi, z kukuřice, kterau ženy zwikagi, a s slinámi do nádoby mecý, dělagi.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of kukuřice (soft feminine)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kukuřice | kukuřice |
| genitive | kukuřice | kukuřic |
| dative | kukuřici | kukuřicím |
| accusative | kukuřici | kukuřice |
| vocative | kukuřice | kukuřice |
| locative | kukuřici | kukuřicích |
| instrumental | kukuřicí | kukuřicemi |
Derived terms edit
- kukuřičník m inan