cucurig

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unknown. Possibly from Serbo-Croatian kukurek or Bulgarian кукурег (kukureg, fragrant hellebore), кукуряг (kukurjag), but they could also come from Romanian.

Noun

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cucurig m (plural cucurigi)

  1. (regional) hellebore

Declension

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References

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  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукуряг”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 111