ку́ра

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nounfeminineanimatecountable

1.
chicken, hen
Во дворе́ бе́гали ку́ры.
Chickens were running around the yard.
Colloquial or regional variant of «курица»; also standard in some set phrases.
2.
chicken (meat)food
Купи́ ку́ру на обе́д.
Buy some chicken for lunch.
Colloquial, esp. in shops and cooking.

Usage info

St Petersburg slang

Купи куру и запеки ее с картошкой.
Buy a chicken and roast it with potatoes.
Тбилиси стоит на реке Кура.
Tbilisi lies on the Kura River.
Куры клюются во дворе из-за еды
The chickens are pecking at each other in the yard over food.
Куры поклевали зерно во дворе
The chickens pecked at the grain in the yard.
Куры исклевали хлеб во дворе.
The chickens pecked up the bread in the yard.
Заметавшиеся куры разбежались по всему двору.
The startled chickens scattered all over the yard.
Де́нег ку́ры не клюю́т.
He has money to burn.
Куры сидели в тёплом закуте у сарая.
The chickens were sitting in a warm shed next to the barn.