kurwatura

See also: kurwaturą

Old Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curvātūra. Compare English curvature.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /kurvatura/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /kurvatura/

Noun

kurwatura f

1. (religion) pastoral
   • 1874-1891 [c. 1500], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[1], [2], [3]}, volume XLVII, page 354:

     Kurwathura cambuca

     [Kurwatura cambuca]

Descendants

• Polish: kurwatura

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “kurwatura”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

kurwatura (sense 1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish kurwatura, from Latin curvātūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kur.vaˈtu.ra/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /kur.vaˈtu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: kur‧wa‧tu‧ra

Noun

kurwatura f

2. (Catholicism) spiral end of the pastoral

   Synonym: krzywaśnia

Declension

Declension of kurwatura

	singular	plural
nominative	kurwatura	kurwatury
genitive	kurwatury	kurwatur
dative	kurwaturze	kurwaturom
accusative	kurwaturę	kurwatury
instrumental	kurwaturą	kurwaturami
locative	kurwaturze	kurwaturach
vocative	kurwaturo	kurwatury

Noun

kurwatura f

1. (Middle Polish) pastoral
2. (Middle Polish) curved cane (possibly shepherd's staff)

Further reading

• kurwatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “kurwatura”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]