kukurica

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Slovak

[edit]
Kukurica

Etymology

[edit]

Akin to kokorík and dialectal kukurík (Convallaria polygonatum, angular Solomon's seed) and to Old Bulgarian кокоравъ (curly, crinkly) in relation with the collapsible upper slat of the anthers. Cognates include Russian кукуруза (kukuruza), Serbo-Croatian and dialectal Bulgarian кукуруз, Slovene koruza, Czech kukuřice.[1][2]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

kukurica f (genitive singular kukurice, nominative plural kukurice, genitive plural kukuríc, declension pattern of ulica)

  1. maize, corn

Declension

[edit]
Declension of kukurica
singular plural
nominative kukurica kukurice
genitive kukurice kukuríc
dative kukurici kukuriciam
accusative kukuricu kukurice
locative kukurici kukuriciach
instrumental kukuricou kukuricami

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého (1968), 2nd edition, pp. 267 and 306, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ кокор in: Български етимологичен речник (Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary), т. II, стр. 537

Further reading

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=kukurica&oldid=81723470"