кобь

From Proto-Slavic *kobь. Cognate with Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).

кобь • (kobĭ) f

1. fate

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Inherited from Old East Slavic кобь (kobĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kobь. Cognate with Bulgarian коба (koba), прокоба (prokoba, “ill fate, portent”), Serbo-Croatian коб/kob (“fate”). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).

• IPA^(key):

кобь • (kobʹ) f inan (genitive ко́би, nominative plural ко́би, genitive plural ко́бей)

1. (obsolete) augury, specifically through the flight of birds, ornithomancy

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “кобь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress