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

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

Noun

*kury f

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, kurъvľǫ^**	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)