kurva

kurva

1. inflection of kurvë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

Inherited from Old Czech kurva, from Proto-Slavic *kury.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurva]

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• Hyphenation: kur‧va

kurva f

1. (vulgar) whore (prostitute)

   Synonyms: děvka, šlapka, běhna, prostitutka, nevěstka

• markytánka

kurva

1. (vulgar) damn, shit, fuck

   Synonyms: sakryš, zatraceně, proklatě, do hajzlu, do piče, do prdele, sakra

• “kurva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kurva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kurva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

kurva

1. genitive singular of kurb

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/, [ˈkurʋɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -urʋɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kur‧va
• Hyphenation^(key): kur‧va

See the entry for the lemma form.

kurva (colloquial)

1. alternative form of kurvi

• “kurva”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

From Russian курва (kurva) or an earlier form of it.

kurva (dialectal, derogatory)

1. slut, whore (irreputable or promiscuous woman)

• huora, lutka

Variant of the synonymous dialectal kurvi, possibly also related to kuore.

kurva (dialectal, South Karelia)

1. smelt, sparling (Osmerus eperlanus)

• kuore, norssi

• “kurva”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

From a Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *kury.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurvɒ]
• Hyphenation: kur‧va
• Rhymes: -vɒ

kurva (plural kurvák)

1. (vulgar) a hooker, whore, prostitute, bitch

kurva

1. (vulgar, slang) used as an intensifier: goddamn, fucking, damn

   Mikor javítják már meg ezt a kurva utat? ― When will they repair this damn road?

kurva

1. (vulgar, slang) very, terribly, as fuck (to a great extent)

   Most már tényleg kurva mérges vagyok. ― Now I’m really mad [angry] as f*ck.

This word is not used in Hungarian as an interjection on its own like its cognates in West Slavic languages (Czech kurva, Slovak kurva, Polish kurwa).

• kurva in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

kurva

1. curved, bent

Learned borrowing from Latin curva, curvus. Doublet of kereb.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʊrva]
• Hyphenation: kur‧va

kurva (plural kurva-kurva)

1. curve

   Synonym: lengkungan

• lengkung (Standard Malay)

• “kurva” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Russian курва (kurva).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/, [ˈkurʋ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/, [ˈkurʋɑ]
• Rhymes: -urʋ, -urʋɑ
• Hyphenation: kur‧va

kurva

1. (vulgar) whore, slut

Declension of kurva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurva	kurvat
genitive	kurvan	kurviin
partitive	kurvaa	kurvia
illative	kurvaa	kurvii
inessive	kurvaas	kurviis
elative	kurvast	kurvist
allative	kurvalle	kurville
adessive	kurvaal	kurviil
ablative	kurvalt	kurvilt
translative	kurvaks	kurviks
essive	kurvanna, kurvaan	kurvinna, kurviin
exessive1)	kurvant	kurvint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• hoora, (vulgar) bläädi

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 222

Regional variants of kurva

North Karelian (Viena)	kurva
South Karelian (Tver)	kurva

Borrowed from Russian курва (kurva), compare Ingrian kurva, Livvi kurvu and Veps kurv.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/
• Hyphenation: kur‧va

kurva (genitive kurvan, partitive kurvua)

1. (vulgar) whore, slut

Viena Karelian declension of kurva (type 5/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurva	kurvat
genitive	kurvan	kurvien
partitive	kurvua	kurvie
illative	kurvah	kurvih
inessive	kurvašša	kurvissa
elative	kurvašta	kurvista
adessive	kurvalla	kurvilla
ablative	kurvalta	kurvilta
translative	kurvakši	kurviksi
essive	kurvana	kurvina
comitative	—	kurvineh
abessive	kurvatta	kurvitta

Tver Karelian declension of kurva (type 5/koira no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kurva	kurvat
genitive	kurvan	kurvin
partitive	kurvua	kurvie
illative	kurvah	kurvih
inessive	kurvašša	kurvissa
elative	kurvašta	kurvista
adessive	kurvalla	kurvilla
ablative	kurvalda	kurvilda
translative	kurvakši	kurviksi
essive	kurvana	kurvina
comitative	kurvanke	kurvinke
abessive	kurvatta	kurvitta

Possessive forms of kurva
1st person	kurvani
2nd person	kurvaš
3rd person	kurvah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kurva”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kurva”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[3], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Compare Lithuanian kurva.

kurva

1. (vulgar) fuck

   Cilvēks, kurva.

   Man, fuck.

Borrowed either from Polish kurwa or Belarusian ку́рва (kúrva).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʊr̺.vɐ]

kùrva f

1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore

   Synonym: paleistuvė

2. (vulgar) bitch

kùrva

1. (vulgar) fuck!
2. (vulgar) intensifier

   Eik tu kurva!

   Get the fuck out!

3. (vulgar) filler

   Atsiprašau, aš esu viceprezidentas, tu kurva debilas.

   Excuse me, I'm the vice president, you fucking asshole.

Borrowed from Italian curva.

• IPA^(key): /kur.va/

kurva m (plural kurvi)

1. curve

kurva f sg

1. definite singular of kurve

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkurʋa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkurva/

kurva f

1. whore, slut

   Synonyms: nevěstka, ženima, vilnicě

2. bitch

   (z) kurvy syn ― son of a bitch

• Czech: kurva

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kurva”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

• kȗrba (regional)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

• IPA^(key): /kûːrʋa/

kȗrva f (Cyrillic spelling ку̑рва, relational adjective kùrvīnskī, augmentative kurvètina)

1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
2. (vulgar, offensive) (regardless of gender) a worthless, despicable, unlikable person
3. (vulgar, offensive) bitch, a despicable, disagreeable, objectionable woman

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

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurva/

kurva f

1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore, hooker, slut

   Synonyms: cundra, prostitútka, šľapka, štetka, pobehlica, pľundra, švandra, trcľa, filcka

2. (vulgar) fake friend, conman, liar, knave

   Synonyms: ojebávač, hajzeľ, podliak, falošník

kurva

1. (vulgar) fuck, shit

   Synonyms: do piče, doriti, tristo hrmených

• “kurva”, 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

• IPA^(key): /kúːrʋa/

kȗrva f

1. (vulgar) dialectal form of kúrba

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kúrva
gen. sing.	kúrve
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kúrva	kúrvi	kúrve
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kúrve	kúrv	kúrv
dative (dajȃlnik)	kúrvi	kúrvama	kúrvam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kúrvo	kúrvi	kúrve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kúrvi	kúrvah	kúrvah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kúrvo	kúrvama	kúrvami

• (pronunciation spelling) kôrva

From Latin curvus. Compare English curve and Danish kurve.

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kurva c

1. curve, arc
2. a bend of a road

• kurvatur

• linje

• kurva in Svensk ordbok.
• kurva in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)