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See also: kùrva, kurwa, kùrwa, and курва

Albanian

Noun

kurva f

  1. definite nominative singular of kurvë
  2. definite accusative singular of kurvë
  3. indefinite nominative plural of kurvë

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kurva, from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
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  • Hyphenation: kur‧va

Noun

kurva f

  1. (vulgar) whore (prostitute)
    Synonyms: děvka, šlapka, běhna, prostitutka, nevěstka

Declension

Declension of kurva (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvy
genitive kurvy kurev
dative kurvě kurvám
accusative kurvu kurvy
vocative kurvo kurvy
locative kurvě kurvách
instrumental kurvou kurvami

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

Interjection

kurva

  1. (vulgar) damn, shit, fuck
    Synonyms: sakryš, zatraceně, proklatě, do hajzlu, do piče, do prdele, sakra

Further reading

  • kurva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kurva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kurva in Internetová jazyková příručka

Estonian

Adjective

kurva

  1. genitive singular of kurb

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the entry for the lemma form.

Noun

kurva (colloquial)

  1. Alternative form of kurvi
Declension
Inflection of kurva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative kurva kurvat
genitive kurvan kurvien
partitive kurvaa kurvia
illative kurvaan kurviin
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvat
accusative nom. kurva kurvat
gen. kurvan
genitive kurvan kurvien
kurvainrare
partitive kurvaa kurvia
inessive kurvassa kurvissa
elative kurvasta kurvista
illative kurvaan kurviin
adessive kurvalla kurvilla
ablative kurvalta kurvilta
allative kurvalle kurville
essive kurvana kurvina
translative kurvaksi kurviksi
abessive kurvatta kurvitta
instructive — kurvin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kurva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kurvani kurvani
accusative nom. kurvani kurvani
gen. kurvani
genitive kurvani kurvieni
kurvainirare
partitive kurvaani kurviani
inessive kurvassani kurvissani
elative kurvastani kurvistani
illative kurvaani kurviini
adessive kurvallani kurvillani
ablative kurvaltani kurviltani
allative kurvalleni kurvilleni
essive kurvanani kurvinani
translative kurvakseni kurvikseni
abessive kurvattani kurvittani
instructive — —
comitative — kurvineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kurvasi kurvasi
accusative nom. kurvasi kurvasi
gen. kurvasi
genitive kurvasi kurviesi
kurvaisirare
partitive kurvaasi kurviasi
inessive kurvassasi kurvissasi
elative kurvastasi kurvistasi
illative kurvaasi kurviisi
adessive kurvallasi kurvillasi
ablative kurvaltasi kurviltasi
allative kurvallesi kurvillesi
essive kurvanasi kurvinasi
translative kurvaksesi kurviksesi
abessive kurvattasi kurvittasi
instructive — —
comitative — kurvinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kurvamme kurvamme
accusative nom. kurvamme kurvamme
gen. kurvamme
genitive kurvamme kurviemme
kurvaimmerare
partitive kurvaamme kurviamme
inessive kurvassamme kurvissamme
elative kurvastamme kurvistamme
illative kurvaamme kurviimme
adessive kurvallamme kurvillamme
ablative kurvaltamme kurviltamme
allative kurvallemme kurvillemme
essive kurvanamme kurvinamme
translative kurvaksemme kurviksemme
abessive kurvattamme kurvittamme
instructive — —
comitative — kurvinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kurvanne kurvanne
accusative nom. kurvanne kurvanne
gen. kurvanne
genitive kurvanne kurvienne
kurvainnerare
partitive kurvaanne kurvianne
inessive kurvassanne kurvissanne
elative kurvastanne kurvistanne
illative kurvaanne kurviinne
adessive kurvallanne kurvillanne
ablative kurvaltanne kurviltanne
allative kurvallenne kurvillenne
essive kurvananne kurvinanne
translative kurvaksenne kurviksenne
abessive kurvattanne kurvittanne
instructive — —
comitative — kurvinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative kurvansa kurvansa
accusative nom. kurvansa kurvansa
gen. kurvansa
genitive kurvansa kurviensa
kurvainsarare
partitive kurvaansa kurviaan
kurviansa
inessive kurvassaan
kurvassansa 		kurvissaan
kurvissansa
elative kurvastaan
kurvastansa 		kurvistaan
kurvistansa
illative kurvaansa kurviinsa
adessive kurvallaan
kurvallansa 		kurvillaan
kurvillansa
ablative kurvaltaan
kurvaltansa 		kurviltaan
kurviltansa
allative kurvalleen
kurvallensa 		kurvilleen
kurvillensa
essive kurvanaan
kurvanansa 		kurvinaan
kurvinansa
translative kurvakseen
kurvaksensa 		kurvikseen
kurviksensa
abessive kurvattaan
kurvattansa 		kurvittaan
kurvittansa
instructive — —
comitative — kurvineen
kurvinensa
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Russian курва (kurva) or an earlier form of it.

Noun

kurva (dialectal, derogatory)

  1. slut, whore (irreputable or promiscuous woman)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Variant of the synonymous dialectal kurvi, possibly also related to kuore.

Noun

kurva (dialectal)

  1. smelt, sparling (Osmerus eperlanus)
Synonyms

References

  • “kurva”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *kury.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurva (plural kurvák)

  1. (vulgar) a hooker, whore, prostitute, bitch

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvák
accusative kurvát kurvákat
dative kurvának kurváknak
instrumental kurvával kurvákkal
causal-final kurváért kurvákért
translative kurvává kurvákká
terminative kurváig kurvákig
essive-formal kurvaként kurvákként
essive-modal — —
inessive kurvában kurvákban
superessive kurván kurvákon
adessive kurvánál kurváknál
illative kurvába kurvákba
sublative kurvára kurvákra
allative kurvához kurvákhoz
elative kurvából kurvákból
delative kurváról kurvákról
ablative kurvától kurváktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kurváé kurváké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		kurváéi kurvákéi
Possessive forms of kurva
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kurvám kurváim
2nd person sing. kurvád kurváid
3rd person sing. kurvája kurvái
1st person plural kurvánk kurváink
2nd person plural kurvátok kurváitok
3rd person plural kurvájuk kurváik

Synonyms

in the sense “prostitute”

Derived terms

Expressions

Adjective

kurva

  1. (vulgar, slang) used as an intensifier: goddamn, fucking, damn
    Mikor javítják már meg ezt a kurva utat? ― When will they repair this damn road?

Derived terms

Adverb

kurva

  1. (vulgar, slang) very, terribly, as fuck (to a great extent)
    Most már tényleg kurva mérges vagyok. ― Now I’m really mad as f*ck.

Usage notes

This word is not used in Hungarian as an interjection on its own like its cognates in West Slavic languages (Czech kurva, Slovak kurva, Polish kurwa).

Further reading

  • kurva in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Ido

Adjective

kurva

  1. curved, bent

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin curva, curvus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: kur‧va

Noun

kurva (plural kurva-kurva, first-person possessive kurvaku, second-person possessive kurvamu, third-person possessive kurvanya)

  1. curve

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian курва (kurva).

Pronunciation

Noun

kurva

  1. (vulgar) whore, slut

Declension

Declension of kurva (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvat
genitive kurvan kurviin
partitive kurvaa kurvia
illative kurvaa kurvii
inessive kurvaas kurviis
elative kurvast kurvist
allative kurvalle kurville
adessive kurvaal kurviil
ablative kurvalt kurvilt
translative kurvaks kurviks
essive kurvanna, kurvaan kurvinna, kurviin
exessive1) kurvant kurvint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 222

Karelian

Regional variants of kurva
North Karelian
(Viena) 		kurva
South Karelian
(Tver) 		kurva

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian курва (kurva), compare Ingrian kurva, Livvi kurvu and Veps kurv.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkurʋɑ/
  • Hyphenation: kur‧va

Noun

kurva (genitive kurvan, partitive kurvua)

  1. (vulgar) whore, slut

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of kurva (type 5/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvat
genitive kurvan kurvien
partitive kurvua kurvie
illative kurvah kurvih
inessive kurvašša kurvissa
elative kurvašta kurvista
adessive kurvalla kurvilla
ablative kurvalta kurvilta
translative kurvakši kurviksi
essive kurvana kurvina
comitative — kurvineh
abessive kurvatta kurvitta
Tver Karelian declension of kurva (type 5/koira no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvat
genitive kurvan kurvin
partitive kurvua kurvie
illative kurvah kurvih
inessive kurvašša kurvissa
elative kurvašta kurvista
adessive kurvalla kurvilla
ablative kurvalda kurvilda
translative kurvakši kurviksi
essive kurvana kurvina
comitative kurvanke kurvinke
abessive kurvatta kurvitta
Possessive forms of kurva
1st person kurvani
2nd person kurvaš
3rd person kurvah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kurva”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • Pertti Virtaranta, Raija Koponen (2009) “kurva”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

Latvian

Etymology

Compare Latvian kurva.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

kurva

  1. (vulgar) fuck
    Cilvēks, kurva.
    Man, fuck.

Lithuanian

Etymology

Possibly from Polish kurwa.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

kurva

  1. (vulgar) Fuck!
    Ir jie sako: "O, kurva!
    And they're like, " Aw, fuck!
    Ne, tai nepyk bet bliat, kad kūrva tu ir keista, nachui!
    No the thing is, don't you be angry on me but blood, slut you are so much weird, on dick.
  2. (vulgar) intensifier
    Eik tu kurva!
    Get the fuck out!
  3. (vulgar) filler
    Atsiprašau, aš esu viceprezidentas, tu kurva debilas.
    Excuse me, I'm the vice president, you fucking asshole.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian curva.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurva m (plural kurvi)

  1. curve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kurva f sg

  1. definite singular of kurve

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkurʋa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkurva/

Noun

kurva f

  1. whore, slut
    Synonyms: nevěstka, ženima, vilnicě
  2. bitch
    (z) kurvy syn ― son of a bitch

Declension

Declension of kurva (hard a-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative kurva kurvě kurvy
genitive kurvy kurvú kurev
dative kurvě kurvama kurvám
accusative kurvu kurvě kurvy
vocative kurvo kurvě kurvy
locative kurvě kurvú kurvách
instrumental kurvú kurvama kurvami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

Descendants

  • Czech: kurva

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Pronunciation

Noun

kȗrva f (Cyrillic spelling ку̑рва, augmentative kurvètina, relational adjective kùrvīnskī)

  1. (vulgar) whore, prostitute
  2. (vulgar, offensive) (regardless of gender) a worthless, despicable, unlikable person
  3. (vulgar, offensive) bitch, a despicable, disagreeable, objectionable woman

Declension

Declension of kurva
singular plural
nominative kȗrva kurve
genitive kurve kȗrāva / kȗrvī
dative kurvi kurvama
accusative kurvu kurve
vocative kurvo kurve
locative kurvi kurvama
instrumental kurvom kurvama

Descendants

References

  • “kurva” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kury.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurva f (genitive singular kurvy, nominative plural kurvy, genitive plural kuriev, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (vulgar) prostitute, whore, hooker, slut
    Synonyms: cundra, prostitútka, šľapka, štetka, pobehlica, pľundra, švandra, trcľa, filcka
  2. (vulgar) fake friend, conman, liar, knave
    Synonyms: ojebávač, hajzeľ, podliak, falošník

Declension

Declension of kurva
singular plural
nominative kurva kurvy
genitive kurvy kuriev
dative kurve kurvám
accusative kurvu kurvy
locative kurve kurvách
instrumental kurvou kurvami

Derived terms

Interjection

kurva

  1. (vulgar) fuck, shit
    Synonyms: do piče, doriti, tristo hrmených

Further reading

  • “kurva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kury.

Pronunciation

Noun

kȗrva f

  1. (vulgar, dialectal) Alternative form of kúrba

Inflection

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Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. kúrva
gen. sing. kúrve
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		kúrva kúrvi kúrve
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		kúrve kúrv kúrv
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		kúrvi kúrvama kúrvam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		kúrvo kúrvi kúrve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		kúrvi kúrvah kúrvah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		kúrvo kúrvama kúrvami

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • (pronunciation spelling) kôrva

Etymology

From Latin curvus. Compare English curve and Danish kurve.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurva c

  1. curve, arc
  2. a bend of a road

Declension

Declension of kurva 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kurva kurvan kurvor kurvorna
Genitive kurvas kurvans kurvors kurvornas

Further reading

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