кѫпало

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Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

By surface analysis, кѫпати (kǫpati, to bathe) +‎ -ло (-lo). Belarusian купа́ўло (kupáŭlo, bathing place) suggests it's inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫpadlo, but the original meaning is unattested.

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs, baptist) from βαπτίζω (baptízō, to wash, clean with water; to baptize).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kõˈpɑlɔ//kuˈpalɔ//kuˈpalɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /kõˈpɑlɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /kuˈpalɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /kuˈpalɔ/

  • Hyphenation: кѫ‧па‧ло

Noun

кѫпало (kǫpalon

  1. (possibly, originally) bathing place
  2. baptist

Declension

Declension of кѫпало (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative кѫпало
kǫpalo
кѫпалѣ
kǫpalě
кѫпала
kǫpala
genitive кѫпала
kǫpala
кѫпалу
kǫpalu
кѫпалъ
kǫpalŭ
dative кѫпалу
kǫpalu
кѫпалома
kǫpaloma
кѫпаломъ
kǫpalomŭ
accusative кѫпало
kǫpalo
кѫпалѣ
kǫpalě
кѫпала
kǫpala
instrumental кѫпалъмь
kǫpalŭmĭ
кѫпалома
kǫpaloma
кѫпалꙑ
kǫpaly
locative кѫпалѣ
kǫpalě
кѫпалу
kǫpalu
кѫпалѣхъ
kǫpalěxŭ
vocative кѫпало
kǫpalo
кѫпалѣ
kǫpalě
кѫпала
kǫpala

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кꙋпало”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1369