kurwota
Lower Sorbian
editEtymology
editFrom a variant of Proto-Slavic *kuropъty (“partridge”). Cognate with Upper Sorbian kurwota, Polish kuropatwa, Czech koroptev, and Russian куропа́тка (kuropátka).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkurwota f (diminutive kurwotka)
- partridge
- (specifically) grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
Declension
editDeclension 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