Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kurьcь

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 1

*kurъ (“cock”) +‎ *-ьcь

Noun

*kurьcь m

1. capon (gelt rooster)
2. (figurative) penis

Declension

Declension of *kurьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьci
genitive	*kurьca	*kurьcu	*kurьcь
dative	*kurьcu	*kurьcema	*kurьcemъ
accusative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьcę̇
instrumental	*kurьcьmь, *kurьcemь*	*kurьcema	*kurьci
locative	*kurьci	*kurьcu	*kurьcixъ
vocative	*kurьče	*kurьca	*kurьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: курецъ (kurecŭ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
  • Bulgarian: ку́рец (kúrec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ку̏рац

    Latin script: kȕrac

  • Slovene: kȗrəc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kurec
  • Kashubian: kùrc
  • Polish: kurzec, kurzak

Etymology 2

*kuriti (“to smoke”) +‎ *-ьcь

Noun

*kurьcь m

1. smoker

Declension

Declension of *kurьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьci
genitive	*kurьca	*kurьcu	*kurьcь
dative	*kurьcu	*kurьcema	*kurьcemъ
accusative	*kurьcь	*kurьca	*kurьcę̇
instrumental	*kurьcьmь, *kurьcemь*	*kurьcema	*kurьci
locative	*kurьci	*kurьcu	*kurьcixъ
vocative	*kurьče	*kurьca	*kurьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: курэц (kurec)
  • Russian: куре́ц (kuréc)
  • Ukrainian: курець (kurecʹ)
• South Slavic: —
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kurc

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kurьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 133