Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kury

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

1. According to Vasmer, related to Proto-Slavic *kurъ (“cock”).
2. From Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ros (“loved”), from *keh₂-. Cognate with Latin cārus, Latvian kārs.

Noun

*kury f

1. whore

Declension

Declension of *kury (v-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kury	*kurъvi	*kurъvi
Accusative	*kurъvь	*kurъvi	*kurъvi
Genitive	*kurъve	*kurъvu	*kurъvъ
Locative	*kurъve	*kurъvu	*kurъvьxъ, *kurъvaxъ*
Dative	*kurъvi	*kurъvьma, *kurъvama*	*kurъvьmъ, *kurъvamъ*
Instrumental	*kurъvьjǫ, *kurъvljǫ**	*kurъvьma, *kurъvama*	*kurъvьmi, *kurъvami*
Vocative	*kury	*kurъvi	*kurъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *kurъ (“cock, penis”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ку́рва (kúrva)
  • Russian: ку́рва (kúrva)
  • Rusyn: курва (kurva)
  • Ukrainian: ку́рва (kúrva)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: ку́рва (kúrva)
  • Macedonian: курва (kurva)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ку̑рва

    Roman: kȗrva

  • Slovene: kȗrba
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kurva
  • Kashubian: kùrwa
  • Polish: kurwa
  • Slovak: kurva
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kurwa
    • Upper Sorbian: kurwa
• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: kurvë
  • → Hungarian: kurva
  • → Lithuanian: kurva
  • → Romanian: curvă
  • → Yiddish: קורווע‎ (kurve)