kukurica
Slovak
Etymology
Akin to kokorík and dialectal kukurík (Convallaria polygonatum, angular Solomon's seed) and to Old Bulgarian кокоравъ (curly, crinkly) in relation with the collapsible upper slat of the anthers. Cognates include Russian кукуруза (kukuruza), Serbo-Croatian and dialectal Bulgarian кукуруз, Slovene koruza, Czech kukuřice.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkukurit͡sa/
Noun
kukurica f (genitive singular kukurice, nominative plural kukurice, genitive plural kukuríc, declension pattern of ulica)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kukurica | kukurice |
| genitive | kukurice | kukuríc |
| dative | kukurici | kukuriciam |
| accusative | kukuricu | kukurice |
| locative | kukurici | kukuriciach |
| instrumental | kukuricou | kukuricami |
Derived terms
- kukuričie
- kukurička
- kukuričnisko
- kukuričný
References
- ^ Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého (1968), 2nd edition, pp. 267 and 306, Prague: Academia
- ^ кокор in: Български етимологичен речник (Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary), т. II, стр. 537
Further reading
- “kukurica”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025