курка

See also: ќурка

Bulgarian

Сива (дива) курка

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kurъka; equivalent to кур (kur, “rooster”) (obsolescent) +‎ -ка (-ka). Cognate with Macedonian ќурка (ḱurka, “turkey”), Serbo-Croatian ħу̏рка (“turkey”). Further loaned into Romanian curcă (“turkey hen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurkɐ]

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Noun

ку́рка • (kúrka) f

1. (obsolescent) wild hen (non-domestic bird of genus Gallus or more generally of order Galliformes)
2. (dialectal) turkey hen

   Synonym: пу́йка (pújka)

Declension

Declension of ку́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	ку́рка kúrka	ку́рки kúrki
definite	ку́рката kúrkata	ку́рките kúrkite
vocative form	ку́рке kúrke	ку́рки kúrki

Alternative forms

• чу́рка (čúrka)

Related terms

• ку́рица (kúrica, “hen”)
• ку́рва (kúrva, “whore”)

References

• “курка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʊrˈka]

Noun

курка́ • (kurká) m inan

1. genitive singular of куро́к (kurók)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kura. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. +‎ -ка (-ka)?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurkɐ]

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Noun

ку́рка • (kúrka) f animal (genitive ку́рки, nominative plural курки́, genitive plural куро́к, relational adjective ку́рячий)

1. chicken

Declension

Declension of ку́рка (animal hard fem-form accent-c reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	ку́рка kúrka	курки́ kurký
genitive	ку́рки kúrky	куро́к kurók
dative	ку́рці kúrci	курка́м kurkám
accusative	ку́рку kúrku	курки́, куро́к kurký, kurók
instrumental	ку́ркою kúrkoju	курка́ми kurkámy
locative	ку́рці kúrci	курка́х kurkáx
vocative	ку́рко kúrko	курки́ kurký

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “курка”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “курка”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)