курица

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kurica. By surface analysis, ку́ра (kúra) +‎ -ица (-ica).

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Noun

ку́рица (kúricaf anim (genitive ку́рицы, nominative plural ку́ры or ку́рицы, genitive plural кур or куре́й* or ку́риц, relational adjective кури́ный or ку́рий, diminutive ку́рочка) (* Proscribed.)

  1. chicken (a bird of species Gallus gallus)
    Ку́рицане пти́ца, ба́бане челове́к. (derisive proverb)
    Kúrica — ne ptíca, bába — ne čelovék.
    A chicken is not a bird and a woman is not a person.
    Ку́рицане пти́ца, По́льшане заграни́ца. (derisive proverb)
    Kúrica — ne ptíca, Pólʹša — ne zagraníca.
    A chicken is not a bird and Poland is not a foreign country.
    (Poland here may be replaced by any other formerly socialist country or former Soviet republic.)
  2. hen (female chicken)
    ку́рица кло́хчет (куда́хчет)kúrica klóxčet (kudáxčet)a hen cackles (clucks)
    ку́ры несу́тсяkúry nesútsjahens lay eggs
    ку́рица снесла́ яйцо́kúrica sneslá jajcóa hen has laid an egg
    ку́рица выси́живает я́йцаkúrica vysíživajet jájcaа hen is brooding
  3. chicken (flesh of a chicken used as food)

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Descendants

  • Finnish: kuuritsa
  • Ingrian: kuuritsa
  • Yakut: куурусса (kuurussa)

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