Old East Slavic

Noun

корова ‎(korova) f

1. cow

Descendants

• Belarusian: каро́ва ‎(karóva)
• Russian: коро́ва ‎(koróva)
• Ukrainian: коро́ва ‎(koróva)

References

• Sreznevskij, I. I. (1893), “корова”, in Materialy dlja slovarja drevne-russkago jazyka po pisʹmennym pamjatnikam [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language According to Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 1289

Russian

корова

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‎(“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈrovə]

Noun

коро́ва • ‎(koróva) f anim ‎(genitive коро́вы, nominative plural коро́вы, genitive plural коро́в)

1. cow
2. (derogatory, informal) cow; a fat, clumsy or dull woman

Declension

Derived terms

• коро́вий ‎(koróvij)
• коро́вка f ‎(koróvka)

See also

• вол m ‎(vol)
• бык m ‎(byk)
• говя́дина f ‎(govjádina)
• молоко́ n ‎(molokó)
• мыча́ть impf ‎(myčátʹ)
• телёнок m ‎(teljónok)

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- ‎(“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɔvɐ/

Noun

коро́ва • ‎(koróva) f anim ‎(genitive коро́ви, nominative plural коро́ви)

1. cow

Declension

References

• Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980), “корова”, in Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka