корова

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Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (horn).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈroːʋɑ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈroːʋa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kɔˈroːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: ко‧ро́‧ва

Noun

корова (korovaf

  1. cow

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References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “корова”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1289

Russian

корова

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva; related to English horn and hart (male red deer).

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Noun

коро́ва (koróvaf anim (genitive коро́вы, nominative plural коро́вы, genitive plural коро́в, relational adjective коро́вий, diminutive коро́вка)

  1. cow
  2. (derogatory, informal) cow; a fat, clumsy or dull woman

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Ukrainian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva.

Pronunciation

Noun

коро́ва (koróvaf animal (genitive коро́ви, nominative plural коро́ви, genitive plural корі́в, relational adjective коро́в'ячий)

  1. cow

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