курка

See also: ќурка

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kurъka; equivalent to кур (kur, rooster) (obsolescent) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate with Macedonian ќурка (ḱurka, turkey), Serbo-Croatian ħу̏рка (turkey). Further loaned into Romanian curcă (turkey hen).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurkɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ку́рка • (kúrkaf

  1. (obsolescent) wild hen (non-domestic bird of genus Gallus or more generally of order Galliformes)
  2. (dialectal) turkey hen
    Synonym: пу́йка (pújka)

Declension

Declension of ку́рка
singular plural
indefinite ку́рка
kúrka
ку́рки
kúrki
definite ку́рката
kúrkata
ку́рките
kúrkite
vocative form ку́рке
kúrke
ку́рки
kúrki

Alternative forms

References

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

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʊrˈka]

Noun

курка́ • (kurkám inan

  1. genitive singular of куро́к (kurók)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kura + ка (ka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurkɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ку́рка • (kúrkaf animal (genitive ку́рки, nominative plural курки́, genitive plural куро́к, relational adjective ку́рячий)

  1. chicken

Declension

Declension of ку́рка
(animal hard fem-form accent-c reduc)
singular plural
nominative ку́рка
kúrka
курки́
kurký
genitive ку́рки
kúrky
куро́к
kurók
dative ку́рці
kúrci
курка́м
kurkám
accusative ку́рку
kúrku
курки́, куро́к
kurký, kurók
instrumental ку́ркою
kúrkoju
курка́ми
kurkámy
locative ку́рці
kúrci
курка́х
kurkáx
vocative ку́рко
kúrko
курки́
kurký

Derived terms

References