курка
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Сива (дива) курка
See also: ќурка
Bulgarian
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Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kurъka; equivalent to кур (kur, “rooster”) (obsolescent) + -ка (-ka). Cognate with Macedonian ќурка (ḱurka, “turkey”), Serbo-Croatian ħу̏рка (“turkey”). Further loaned into Romanian curcă (“turkey hen”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ку́рка • (kúrka) f
- (obsolescent) wild hen (non-domestic bird of genus Gallus or more generally of order Galliformes)
- (dialectal) turkey hen
- Synonym: пу́йка (pújka)
Declension
Declension of ку́рка
Alternative forms
- чу́рка (čúrka)
Related terms
References
- “курка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
курка́ • (kurká) m inan
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kura. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. + -ка (-ka)?
Pronunciation
Noun
ку́рка • (kúrka) f animal (genitive ку́рки, nominative plural курки́, genitive plural куро́к, relational adjective ку́рячий)
Declension
Declension of ку́рка (animal hard fem-form accent-c reduc)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “курка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “курка”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)