cucurig

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Possibly from Serbo-Croatian kukurek or Bulgarian кукурег (kukureg, fragrant hellebore), кукуряг (kukurjag), but they could also come from Romanian.

Noun[edit]

cucurig m (plural cucurigi)

  1. (regional) hellebore

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукуряг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 111