Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kura
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Noun
*kùra f[1]
Declension
Declension of *kùra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kùra | *kùrě | *kùry |
| genitive | *kùry | *kùru | *kùrъ |
| dative | *kùrě | *kùrama | *kùramъ |
| accusative | *kùrǫ | *kùrě | *kùry |
| instrumental | *kùrojǫ, *kùrǭ** | *kùrama | *kùramī |
| locative | *kùrě | *kùru | *kùrasъ, *kùraxъ* |
| vocative | *kùro | *kùrě | *kùry |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related forms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: kúra (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kura I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 508
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ку́ра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “kúra¹”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *kűra ‛kokoš’”
Etymology 2
Action noun of *kuriti (“to smoke”) + *-a.
Noun
*kurà f (East Slavic)
Declension
Declension of *kurà (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kurà | *kurě | *kury |
| genitive | *kury | *kuru | *kurъ |
| dative | *kurě | *kurama | *kuramъ |
| accusative | *kurǫ | *kurě | *kury |
| instrumental | *kurojǫ, *kurǫ** | *kurama | *kurami |
| locative | *kurě | *kuru | *kurasъ, *kuraxъ* |
| vocative | *kuro | *kurě | *kury |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *kurišče (augmentative)
Related forms
- *kurь, *kurina (“fume”)
- *kurivo (“unit of heat”)
- *kuridlo (“censer, smoke”)
- *kurьmo (“smoke cloud, haze”)
- *skvara (“conflagration, scorch”) (possibly)
Descendants
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kura II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кура́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress