kurwota

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

kurwota

Etymology[edit]

From a variant of Proto-Slavic *kuropъty (partridge). Cognate with Upper Sorbian kurwota, Polish kuropatwa, Czech koroptev, and Russian куропа́тка (kuropátka).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kurwota f animal (diminutive kurwotka)

  1. partridge
  2. (specifically) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

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Further reading[edit]

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kurwota”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kurwota”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag