Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kuropъtъka

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 *kuropъty +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*kuropъtъka f

  1. partridge

Declension

Declension of *kuropъtъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kuropъtъka *kuropъtъcě *kuropъtъky
genitive *kuropъtъky *kuropъtъku *kuropъtъkъ
dative *kuropъtъcě *kuropъtъkama *kuropъtъkamъ
accusative *kuropъtъkǫ *kuropъtъcě *kuropъtъky
instrumental *kuropъtъkojǫ, *kuropъtъkǫ** *kuropъtъkama *kuropъtъkami
locative *kuropъtъcě *kuropъtъku *kuropъtъkasъ, *kuropъtъkaxъ*
vocative *kuropъtъko *kuropъtъcě *kuropъtъky

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *куропътъка (*kuropŭtŭka)
      • Old Ruthenian: *куропа́тка (*kuropátka), *куро́пка (*kurópka, -пк- < -птк- < -пътък-)
        • Belarusian: курапа́тка (kurapátka)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: кру́пка (krúpka)
        • Ukrainian: куропа́тка (kuropátka), курі́пка (kurípka); куріп'я́тка (kuripʺjátka), куро́пка (kurópka), курї́пка (kurjípka), куря́пка (kurjápka), курє́пка (kurjépka), куру́пка (kurúpka) (dialectal)
      • Russian: куропа́тка (kuropátka)
  • West Slavic:

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