kurwota
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Lower Sorbian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a variant of Proto-Slavic *kuropъty (“partridge”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian kurwota, Polish kuropatwa, Czech koroptev, and Russian куропа́тка (kuropátka).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kurwota f (diminutive kurwotka)
- partridge
- (specifically) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
Declension
[edit]Declension of kurwota
Further reading
[edit]- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kurwota”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kurwota”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag