kurwota
Lower Sorbian
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Etymology
From a variant of Proto-Slavic *kuropъty (“partridge”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian kurwota, Polish kuropatwa, Czech koroptev, and Russian куропа́тка (kuropátka).
Pronunciation
Noun
kurwota f ? (diminutive kurwotka)
- partridge
- (specifically) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
Declension
Declension of kurwota
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kurwota”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kurwota”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag