kurt

See also: Kurt, Kürt, and kürt

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• kurz, korz (Moselle Franconian)
• koot (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German kurt, from Proto-Germanic *kurtaz, from Latin curtus. The word was borrowed around the time when the High German consonant shift ceased to be active, which explains the Old High German doublets kurt and kurz. The fact that within Central Franconian the t-form is northern, may imply that it has been reinforced by Low Franconian and Low German influence.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuə̯t/

Adjective

kurt (masculine kurte, feminine kurt, comparative kürter, superlative et kürzte or kürtste)

1. (Ripuarian, north-western Moselle Franconian) short; not long

   Och, fröhter hätte mer us jeschaamp, met su nem kurte Kleedche op de Stroß ze john!

   Oh, in my day we would have been ashamed to go outside in such a short dress!

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Czech

Alternative forms

• court (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurt]
• Rhymes: -urt

Noun

kurt m inan

1. court (place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games)

Synonyms

• dvorec

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

Anagrams

• krut
• kutr

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Estonian

Etymology

Of Baltic origin. Compare Latvian kurls (“deaf”) and Lithuanian kurtus, kurčias. Possibly a cognate to Finnish kuuro.

Adjective

kurt (genitive kurdi, partitive kurti, comparative kurdim, superlative kõige kurdim)

1. deaf

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʏr̥t/

Noun

kurt n (genitive singular kurts, no plural)

1. chivalrous, courteous, well-mannered
2. modesty
3. (archaic) court

Declension

declension of kurt

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	kurt	kurtið
accusative	kurt	kurtið
dative	kurti	kurtinu
genitive	kurts	kurtsins

Derived terms

• með kurt og pí

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Kurdish

Adjective

1. short

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Latvian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  *kur-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *kr̥-, *ker- (“to cut”) (whence also cirst (“to cut, to strike”), q.v.). Given that in ancient times fire was produced by striking (e.g., a flint against metal), it is possible that kurt uguni originally meant “to cut, strike fire.” It is also possible that the meaning of kurt was influenced by that of a homophonous (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European stem *ker (“to burn, to heat”) (whence karst, q.v., and also German Herd, English hearth), which may ultimately be related to *ker- (“to cut”). Cognates include Lithuanian kùrti (“to make fire; to make, to build, to found; to create; to run”), Old Prussian kūra (“he built”), Sanskrit करोति (karṓti) (past tense कुरु (kuru)), कृनोति (kr̥nṓti, “to make, to prepare”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kūrt], IPA^(key): [kûrt]

Audio:

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Verb

kurt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present kuru, kur, kur, past kūru)

1. to light, to ignite (to make something start burning or producing heat)

   kurt uguni, ugunskuru ― to light a fire

   kurt krāsni, plīti ― to light the oven, the stove

2. to heat (to burn fuel in a stove in order to create heat in a certain room, building, etc.)

   kurt pirti ― to heat the bath, sauna

3. (figuratively) to encourage, to incite

   kurt naidu ― to light, incite hatred

Usage notes

Level intonation is the standard intonation for the term kurt (“to light, ignite”) according to Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca, pronunciation with a broken intonation is very common, however.

Conjugation

conjugation of kurt

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	kuru	kūru	kuršu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	kur	kūri	kursi	kur
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	kur	kūra	kurs	lai kur
1st pers. pl.	mēs	kuram	kūrām	kursim	kursim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	kurat	kūrāt	kursiet, kursit	kuriet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	kur	kūra	kurs	lai kur
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	kurot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		kurošs
Past	esot kūris		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		kurdams
Future	kuršot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		kurot
Imperative	lai kurot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		kuram
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		kūris
Present	kurtu		Present Passive		kurams
Past	būtu kūris		Past Passive		kurts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jākur		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		kurt
Conjunctive 1	esot jākur		Negative Infinitive		nekurt
Conjunctive 2	jākurot		Verbal noun		kuršana

Synonyms

• dedzināt
• kurināt

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• aizkurt
• iekurt
• izkurt

• piekurt
• pakurt

• sakurt
• uzkurt

other derived terms:

• kurināt
• kurties
• kurtuve

Related terms

• iekurs
• ugunskurs

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kurt, from Proto-Turkic *Kūrt. Compare Azerbaijani qurd, Kazakh құрт (qūrt).

Noun

kurt (definite accusative kurdu, plural kurtlar)

1. wolf
2. maggot

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kurt
Definite accusative	kurdu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kurt	kurtlar
Definite accusative	kurdu	kurtları
Dative	kurda	kurtlara
Locative	kurtta	kurtlarda
Ablative	kurttan	kurtlardan
Genitive	kurdun	kurtların

Synonyms

• (wolf): börü (dial.)

Related terms

• kurtçuk (minimisation)