kukuřice

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Kukuřice

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Etymology

Attested in Karel Thám's Deutsch-böhmisches National-lexikon (1788), in actual usage at least since 1798. A wanderword of unknown Balkan origin, perhaps from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz) or Serbo-Croatian kukuruz. The ending of the modern form is probably due to paronymic attraction to common suffix -ice.

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  • Rhymes: -ɪtsɛ
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ku‧ři‧ce

Noun

kukuřice f (related adjective kukuřičný)

  1. maize, corn
    • 1798, Ladislav Bohuslav Bartholomeides, Geograffia aneb Wypsáni Okrsslku Zemského s ssesti Mappami wlasni rukau geho wyrytými:
      Opogný nápog také milugi, z kukuřice, kterau ženy zwikagi, a s slinámi do nádoby mecý, dělagi.
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Further reading

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