корова

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

Noun

корова (korova) f

1. cow

Descendants

• Belarusian: каро́ва (karóva)
• Russian: коро́ва (koróva)
• Ukrainian: коро́ва (koróva)

References

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Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893–1912) “корова”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences

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Russian

корова

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”), whence English horn and hart (“male red deer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈrovə]

• Audio:

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Noun

коро́ва • (koróva) f anim (genitive коро́вы, nominative plural коро́вы, genitive plural коро́в)

1. cow
2. (derogatory, informal) cow; a fat, clumsy or dull woman

Declension

Declension of коро́ва (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	коро́ва koróva	коро́вы koróvy
genitive	коро́вы koróvy	коро́в koróv
dative	коро́ве koróve	коро́вам koróvam
accusative	коро́ву koróvu	коро́в koróv
instrumental	коро́вой, коро́вою koróvoj, koróvoju	коро́вами koróvami
prepositional	коро́ве koróve	коро́вах koróvax

Derived terms

• бо́жья коро́вка (bóžʹja koróvka)
• коро́вий (koróvij)
• коро́вка f (koróvka)

See also

• вол m (vol)
• бык m (byk)
• говя́дина f (govjádina)
• молоко́ n (molokó)
• мыча́ть impf (myčátʹ)
• телёнок m (teljónok)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɔvɐ/

• Audio:

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Noun

1. cow

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “корова”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka