Noun: kukurydza
Hyphenation: ku‧ku‧ry‧dza
Gender: Feminine
Singular
| Nominative | kukurydza |
| Genitive | kukurydzy |
| Dative | kukurydzy |
| Accusative | kukurydzę |
| Instrumental | kukurydzą |
| Locative | kukurydzy |
| Vocative | kukurydzo |
Plural
| Nominative | kukurydze |
| Genitive | kukurydz |
| Dative | kukurydzom |
| Accusative | kukurydze |
| Instrumental | kukurydzami |
| Locative | kukurydzach |
| Vocative | kukurydze |
Sample Sentences
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Wołochy zaś, Mołdawia, Bessarabia, Tauryka, są Uroczyska, na ktòrych rodzą się kukurydze i arbuzy, a ziemia przez ustawiczne woyny Turkow i Moskwy uprawna rozlewem krwi, iest mieszkaniem stado bydła, owiec i koni. (Tallachia, Moldova, Bessarabia, Tauryka, on the other hand, are woods where corn and watermelons grow, and the ground is kept with bloodshed from the incessant wars between the Turks and Moscow, and there is a herd of cattle, sheep, and horses.) [1791, Franciszek Salezy Jezierski, Niektóre wyrazy porządkiem abecadła zebrane:]
Nouns inflected like kukurydza
szisza,
szarża,
szarza,
sztyca,
szpica,
cechownica,
samica,
sinica,
sztanca,
tofucznica,
połowica,
szpryca,
świeca,
skalnica,
zrębica,
bermyca,
zwrotnica,
ciemierzyca,
metkownica,
charcica, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
A Balkan wanderword, perhaps borrowed from Ukrainian кукуру́дза (kukurúdza), Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, or Romanian cucuruz. The penultimate vowel in the modern form is likely from influence of -yca. Compare Czech kukuřice. See: Romanian Nouns '
cucuruz', Czech Nouns '
kukuřice'.
Verbs referencing "kukurydza"
German Nouns
Kukuruz, Slovak Nouns
kukurica.
Translations