Коцур

Uncertain. Perhaps derived from Old Slovak kocúr and/or Carpathian Rusyn коцу́р (kocúr, “tomcat”), whence the surnames of Polish Kocur and Slovak Kocúr, although semantic connection unclear. Cognates include Hungarian Kucora, Kuczora and Serbo-Croatian Куцура / Kucura.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔt͡sur]
• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sur
• Hyphenation: Ко‧цур

Коцур (Kocur) m inan (related adjective коцурски)

1. Kucura (a village in Vojvodina, Serbia)

   ганьби ше яґда є з Коцура ― hanʹbi še jagda je z Kocura ― he is behaving like a village youngster (literally, “he is embarrassing himself as if he is from Kucura”)

   • 2025 February 3, Ол. Русковски, “Пошвецанє обисцох у Коцуре закончене”, in Руске Слово‎^[1]:

     У грекокатолїцкей парохиї у Коцуре по пошвецаню води на швето Богоявлeнє почало и пошвецанє обисцох вирних тей парохиї.

     U hrekokatoljickej paroxiji u Kocure po pošvecanju vodi na šveto Bohojavlenje počalo i pošvecanje obiscox virnix tej paroxiji.

     In the Greek Catholic parish in Kucura, after the consecration of the water on the feast day of the Epiphany, the consecration of devout households of the parish began.

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “Коцур”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy