Коцур

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Old Slovak kocúr (“tomcat”), whence the surnames of Polish Kocur and Slovak Kocúr. Cognates include Hungarian Kucora, Kuczora and Serbo-Croatian Куцура / Kucura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔt͡sur]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sur
• Hyphenation: Ко‧цур

Proper noun

Коцур (Kocur) m inan (related adjective коцурски)

1. Kucura (a village in Vojvodina, Serbia)

   ганьби ше яґда є з Коцура ― hanʹbi še jagda je z Kocura ― he is behaving like a village youngster (literally, “he is embarrassing himself as if he is from Kucura”)

   • 2025 February 3, Ол. Русковски, “Пошвецанє обисцох у Коцуре закончене”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     У грекокатолїцкей парохиї у Коцуре по пошвецаню води на швето Богоявлeнє почало и пошвецанє обисцох вирних тей парохиї.

     U hrekokatoljickej paroxiji u Kocure po pošvecanju vodi na šveto Bohojavlenje počalo i pošvecanje obiscox virnix tej paroxiji.

     In the Greek Catholic parish in Kucura, after the consecration of the water on the feast day of the Epiphany, the consecration of devout households of the parish began.

Declension

Declension of Коцур

	singular	plural
nominative	Коцур Kocur	—
genitive	Коцура / Коцуру Kocura / Kocuru	—
dative	Коцуру Kocuru	—
accusative	Коцур Kocur	—
instrumental	Коцуром Kocurom	—
locative	Коцуре Kocure	—
vocative	Коцур Kocur	—

Derived terms

(nouns):

• Коцурец m pers (Kocurec)
• Коцурица f (Kocurica)
• Коцурска f (Kocurska)
• Коцурчанка f (Kocurčanka)
• Коцурчань m pers (Kocurčanʹ)

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “Коцур”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy