кꙋрва
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- ку́рва (kúrva), кѫ́рва (kúrva)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic курва (kurva), from Proto-Slavic *kury. Cognate with Russian ку́рва (kúrva), Polish kurwa and Old Church Slavonic коуръва (kurŭva).
Noun
кꙋ́рва • (kúrva) f (genitive курвы, nominative plural курвы, genitive plural курвъ)
- (vulgar) whore, prostitute
Descendants
- Belarusian: ку́рва (kúrva)
- Rusyn: ку́рва (kúrva)
- Ukrainian: ку́рва (kúrva)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “курва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 238
- Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “курва”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: Krypiakevych I.U.S., →ISBN, page 192
- Tymchenko, E. K. (2002), “курва”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст.: у 2-х кн. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of the 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.: in 2 bks.] (Пам'ятки української мови) (in Ukrainian), volume 1: А – Н, Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 392