курва

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ку́рва (kúrva).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurva]

ку́рва • (kúrva) f pers (genitive ку́рвы, nominative plural ку́рвы, genitive plural ку́рваў)

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
2. (vulgar) bitch, slut
   • 1911, “Жа́ласливая па́ни”, in Александр Сержпутовскій, editor, Сказки и разсказы бѣлоруссовъ полѣшуковъ [Fairy tales and stories of the Belarusians from Polesia], С.-Петербургъ, page 146:

     Па сусѣ́дству там быў ве́льми бага́ты пан. У еґо́ была́ тǒльки адна́ дачка́. А пра́ўду ка́жуць лю́дзи, што кали́ една́чка, та ку́рва, ци лайда́чка. Так и та́я пане́тка.

     A very rich man lived in the neighborhood. He had only one daughter. But there's a saying among people that a single child tends to be a slut or a slob. And so was that girl.

• “курва” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
• "курва" in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at Verbum

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury (v-stem). By surface analysis, кур (kur, “rooster, cock”) +‎ -ва (-va).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurvɐ]

ку́рва • (kúrva) f

1. (originally) cocotte, brood hen
2. (vulgar) whore, slut (debauched woman)

   Synonyms: кучка (kučka), развратница (razvratnica), блудница (bludnica), шаврантия (šavrantija), пачавра (pačavra)

• “курва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “курва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurva]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: кур‧ва

курва • (kurva) f (plural курви, relational adjective курвин or курвински, diminutive курвичка or курвиче, augmentative курвиште or курветина)

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
2. (vulgar) bitch, slut

• кур m (kur)

• “курва” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• кꙋ́рва (kúrva), кѫ́рва (kúrva)

Inherited from Old East Slavic курва (kurva), from Proto-Slavic *kury. Cognate with Russian ку́рва (kúrva), Polish kurwa and Old Church Slavonic коуръва (kurŭva).

курва • (kurva) f (genitive курвы, nominative plural курвы, genitive plural курвъ)

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute

• Belarusian: ку́рва (kúrva)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ку́рва (kúrva)
• Ukrainian: ку́рва (kúrva)

• The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “курва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 238
• Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “курва”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 192
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “курва”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 392

Inherited from Old Slovak kurva, from Proto-Slavic *kury. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn ку́рва (kúrva) and Slovak kurva.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurva]
• Rhymes: -urva
• Hyphenation: кур‧ва

курва (kurva) f

1. (vulgar, derogatory) prostitute, whore
2. (vulgar, derogatory) bitch, slut

   Near-synonym: сука (suka)

курва (kurva)

1. (vulgar) fuck!, shit!

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “курва”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy

Inherited from Old East Slavic курва (kurva, “prostitute, whore”), from Proto-Slavic *kury (“whore”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurvə]

• Audio:

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ку́рва • (kúrva) f anim (genitive ку́рвы, nominative plural ку́рвы, genitive plural курв) (vulgar)

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
2. (vulgar) bitch, slut
3. (vulgar, rare) bastard

• блядь (bljadʹ) (more common)
• потаску́ха (potaskúxa)
• проститу́тка (prostitútka)
• шлю́ха (šljúxa)

ку́рва • (kúrva)

1. (vulgar, dated) fuck!, shit! bollocks!

• → Ingrian: kurva
• → Karelian:
  • North Karelian: kurva
  • South Karelian: kurva
• → Kildin Sami: курва (kurva)
• → Livvi: kurvu

• рука́в (rukáv)

• ку̑рба (regional)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

• IPA^(key): /kûːrʋa/

ку̑рва f (Latin spelling kȗrva, relational adjective ку̀рвӣнскӣ, augmentative курвѐтина)

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
2. (vulgar) bitch, slut

• → Balkan Romani: kùrva
• → Vlax Romani: kùrva

• “курва”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• ку́рча (kúrča) (euphemistic)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ку́рва (kúrva).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurʋɐ]

• Audio:

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ку́рва • (kúrva) f inan (genitive ку́рви, nominative plural ку́рви, genitive plural курв)

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute

ку́рва • (kúrva)

1. (vulgar, swear word) fuck!, shit!, for fuck's sake!, bugger!

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “курва”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “курва”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “курва”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)