kurka

See also: kurką and kůrka

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

kura +‎ -ka

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkur.ka/
  • Rhymes: -urka
  • Syllabification: kur‧ka

Noun

kurka f

  1. diminutive of kura (“chicken, hen”)

Declension

Declension of kurka
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kurka kurce kurki
Genitive kurki kurkowu kurkow
Dative kurce kurkoma kurkam
Accusative kurku kurce kurki
Instrumental kurku kurkoma kurkami
Locative kurce kurkoma kurkach

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kurka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kurka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈkur.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -urka
  • Syllabification: kur‧ka
  • Homophone: Kurka

Etymology 1

From kura +‎ -ka. Compare Slovak kuriatko. Compare typologically Latvian gailene (feminine diminutive of gailis), Dutch hanenkam (< haan + -en- + kam).

Noun

kurka f (diminutive kureczka)

  1. chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)
    Synonym: pieprznik
  2. diminutive of kura (“hen”)
  3. (Żywiec, in the plural) hen night (party at the bride's residence on the eve of the wedding)
Declension
Declension of kurka
singular plural
nominative kurka kurki
genitive kurki kurek
dative kurce kurkom
accusative kurkę kurki
instrumental kurką kurkami
locative kurce kurkach
vocative kurko kurki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kurka m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of kurek

Noun

kurka m inan

  1. genitive singular of kurek

Further reading

  • kurka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “kurka”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 356

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