Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurica

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *kurъ (“cock”) +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kurica f

1. hen

Inflection

Declension of *kurica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kurica	*kurici	*kuricę̇
genitive	*kuricę̇	*kuricu	*kuricь
dative	*kurici	*kuricama	*kuricamъ
accusative	*kuricǫ	*kurici	*kuricę̇
instrumental	*kuricejǫ, *kuricǫ**	*kuricama	*kuricami
locative	*kurici	*kuricu	*kuricasъ, *kuricaxъ*
vocative	*kurice	*kurici	*kuricę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *kurъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ку́рыца (kúryca)
  • Russian: ку́рица (kúrica)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: kurica
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kurica (dialectal)
  • Polish: kurzyca (15th-17th c.)
  • Slovincian: kʉ̃řäcă

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kurica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257