кукурудза
Ukrainian
Etymology
The origin is unclear. Possibly from Proto-Slavic *kukur-, *kokor-, which is related to Slovene kukúrjav (“curly”) and Bulgarian кукуряк (kukurjak, “hellebore”).
It can also be borrowed from Romanian cucuruz, which itself was borrowed from Ukrainian кокорудка (kokorudka, “cone, strobilus”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): [kʊkʊˈrud͡zɐ]
Noun
кукуру́дза • (kukurúdza) f inan (genitive кукуру́дзи, uncountable, related adjective кукуру́дзяний)
- maize, corn
- corn (a cereal of the species Zea mays or its grains)
Declension
Declension of кукуру́дза (inan sg-only hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | кукуру́дза kukurúdza |
| genitive | кукуру́дзи kukurúdzy |
| dative | кукуру́дзі kukurúdzi |
| accusative | кукуру́дзу kukurúdzu |
| instrumental | кукуру́дзою kukurúdzoju |
| locative | кукуру́дзі kukurúdzi |
| vocative | кукуру́дзо kukurúdzo |
Further reading
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “кукурудза”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., Shyrokov, V. A., editors (2010–2022), “кукурудза”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
- “кукурудза”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “кукурудза”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “кукурудза”, in Словник.ua [Slovnik.ua] (in Ukrainian)