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Russian
Pronunciation
Verb
кури́ • (kurí)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of кури́ть (kurítʹ)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Compare dialectal кур (kur, “rooster, cock”), ку́ра (kúra, “hen”), куря́ (kurjá, “chick”) (t-stem); from Old East Slavic куръ (kurŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kurъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
ку́ри • (kúry) f animal pl (genitive куре́й, plural only)
- (collective) chickens, roosters, chickens and roosters
Declension
Declension of ку́ри (animal pl-only 3rd-decl fem-form accent-a)
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plural
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| nominative
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ку́ри
kúry
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| genitive
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куре́й
kuréj
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| dative
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ку́рям
kúrjam
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| accusative
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ку́ри, куре́й
kúry, kuréj
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| instrumental
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курми́
kurmý
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| locative
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ку́рях
kúrjax
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| vocative
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ку́ри
kúry
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Further reading
- Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “ку́ри”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ку́ри”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “ку́ри”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN