okurka

Czech

Alternative forms

• okurek (rare)
• oharek, oharka, ohar, ogurek, omurka (dialectal)

Etymology

Akin to surnames Vokurka, Vogurka, Old Czech oharek (since c. 1410), Slovak uhorka, Old Polish ogurek (since 1394), Polish ogórek, all perhaps from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion) or a related form. Derivative wokurko[we] attested around mid-15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈokurka]

Noun

okurka f

1. cucumber

Declension

Declension of okurka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	okurka	okurky
genitive	okurky	okurek
dative	okurce	okurkám
accusative	okurku	okurky
vocative	okurko	okurky
locative	okurce	okurkách
instrumental	okurkou	okurkami

Further reading

• “okurka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “okurka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• Jitka Šnejdrlová, Názvy zeleniny v češtině. Etymologicko-historický výklad (Vegetable names in Czech. Etymological-historical analysis)