Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuropъty

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *kurъ

Proto-Slavic *-a

Proto-Slavic *kura

Proto-Slavic *-o-

Proto-Slavic *pъta

Proto-Indo-European *-uh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ūˀ

Proto-Slavic *-y

Proto-Slavic *kuropъty

From *kura + *-o- + *pъta + *-y.

Noun

*kuropъty f

1. partridge

Declension

Declension of *kuropъty (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kuropъty	*kuropъtъvi	*kuropъtъvi
genitive	*kuropъtъve	*kuropъtъvu	*kuropъtъvъ
dative	*kuropъtъvi	*kuropъtъvьma, *kuropъtъvama*	*kuropъtъvьmъ, *kuropъtъvamъ*
accusative	*kuropъtъvь	*kuropъtъvi	*kuropъtъvi
instrumental	*kuropъtъvьjǫ, *kuropъtъvľǫ**	*kuropъtъvьma, *kuropъtъvama*	*kuropъtъvьmi, *kuropъtъvami*
locative	*kuropъtъve	*kuropъtъvu	*kuropъtъvьxъ, *kuropъtъvaxъ*
vocative	*kuropъty	*kuropъtъvi	*kuropъtъvi

^* -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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *куропътꙑ (*kuropŭty), *куропътъва (*kuropŭtŭva), куропъть (kuropŭtĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: куропа́тва (kuropátva), курупа́тва (kurupátva), коропа́тва (koropátva)
      • Belarusian: курапа́тва (kurapátva); курапа́та (kurapáta) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: куропа́тва (kuropátva); курупа́тва (kurupátva), куропа́та (kuropáta), коропа́та (koropáta) (dialectal)
    • Russian: куропа́тва (kuropátva), ку́ропть (kúroptʹ), ку́ропоть (kúropotʹ), ку́ропать (kúropatʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: куроптва (dialectal, archaic)

    Latin script: kuroptva (dialectal, archaic)

  • Slovene: kurnprat, kornbrat (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kuroptva, koroptva, koruptva, kuroptev, koroptev, koruptev
    • Czech: koroptev, korotev, kuroptev; kuropatva, kurotvja, kurotva, kropatfa (dialectal)
  • Polish: kuropatwa; kropadwa, kropatwa (dialectal)
  • Old Slovak: kuroptva, koroptva, kurotva, kuropatva
    • Slovak: kuroptva, kurotva, kuropta
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kurwota
    • Upper Sorbian: kurotwa