куча

See also: кӯча

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• куче́ (kučé), кучя́ (kučjá)
• кутя (kutja) — from Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κουκκιά pl (koukkiá, “beans”). Cognate with Old East Slavic кутья (kutĭja, “kutia”).

Attested as кoуциꙗ (koucija) in Church Slavonic texts.

Noun

куча́ • (kučá) f

1. (dialectal, Eastern Orthodoxy) kutia (boiled grains given for commemoration of deceased people)

   Synonym: жито за помен (žito za pomen)

Declension

Declension of куча́

	singular
indefinite	куча́ kučá
definite	куча́та kučáta

References

• “куча”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кучя (куч'а)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 173

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkut͡ɕə]

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuča.

Noun

ку́ча • (kúča) f inan (genitive ку́чи, nominative plural ку́чи, genitive plural куч, relational adjective кучево́й, diminutive ку́чка)

1. heap, pile
2. a lot (a large amount)
3. (computing) heap

   фибона́ччиева ку́ча ― fibonáččijeva kúča ― Fibonacci heap

   выделе́ние па́мяти в ку́че ― vydelénije pámjati v kúče ― allocating memory on the heap

4. (vulgar) pile, steaming pile (of excrement)

Declension

Declension of ку́ча (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ку́ча kúča	ку́чи kúči
genitive	ку́чи kúči	ку́ч kúč
dative	ку́че kúče	ку́чам kúčam
accusative	ку́чу kúču	ку́чи kúči
instrumental	ку́чей, ку́чею kúčej, kúčeju	ку́чами kúčami
prepositional	ку́че kúče	ку́чах kúčax

Related terms

• кучево́й (kučevój)
• ку́чный (kúčnyj)

Descendants

• → Yakut: кууча (kuuca)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “куча”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic куча (kuča), from Proto-Slavic *kǫťa. Doublet of ку́ща (kúšča), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

ку́ча • (kúča) f inan (genitive ку́чи, nominative plural ку́чи, genitive plural куч)

1. (dialectal) a hut made of human-height poles covered with dirt

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kǫtja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 70