куча
See also: кӯча
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- куче́ (kučé), кучя́ (kučjá)
- кутя (kutja) – from Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κουκκιά pl (koukkiá, “beans”). Cognate with Old East Slavic кутья (kutĭja, “kutia”).
Attested as кoуциꙗ (koucija) in Church Slavonic texts.
Noun
куча́ • (kučá) f
- (dialectal, Eastern Orthodoxy) kutia (boiled grains given for commemoration of deceased people)
- Synonym: жито за помен (žito za pomen)
Declension
Declension of куча́
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | куча́ kučá |
| definite | куча́та kučáta |
References
- куча in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “кучя (куч'а)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 173
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkut͡ɕə]
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Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kuča.
Noun
ку́ча • (kúča) f inan (genitive ку́чи, nominative plural ку́чи, genitive plural куч, related adjective кучево́й, diminutive ку́чка)
- heap, pile
- a lot (a large amount)
- (computing) heap
- фибона́ччиева ку́ча ― fibonáččijeva kúča ― Fibonacci heap
- выделе́ние па́мяти вку́че ― vydelénije pámjati v kúče ― allocating memory on the heap
- (vulgar) pile, steaming pile (of excrement)
Declension
Declension of ку́ча (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ку́ча kúča | ку́чи kúči |
| genitive | ку́чи kúči | ку́ч kúč |
| dative | ку́че kúče | ку́чам kúčam |
| accusative | ку́чу kúču | ку́чи kúči |
| instrumental | ку́чей, ку́чею kúčej, kúčeju | ку́чами kúčami |
| prepositional | ку́че kúče | ку́чах kúčax |
Related terms
- ку́чный (kúčnyj)
Descendants
- → Yakut: кууча (kuuça)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “куча”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old East Slavic куча (kuča), from Proto-Slavic *kǫťa. Doublet of ку́ща (kúšča), a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic.
Noun
ку́ча • (kúča) f inan (genitive ку́чи, nominative plural ку́чи, genitive plural куч)
- (dialectal) a hut made of human-height poles covered with dirt
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kǫtja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 70