Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobьcь
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from the sparsely attested Proto-Slavic *kobti (“to grasp, to forecast”), *kobati (“to compete”) + *-ьcь, of expressive nature from Proto-Indo-European *kabʰ- (“to seize, to hold”). Resembles Proto-Germanic *habukaz (“hawk”), Albanian gabonjë (“eagle”).
Noun
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of *kobьcь (soft o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kobьcь | *kobьca | *kobьci |
| genitive | *kobьca | *kobьcu | *kobьcь |
| dative | *kobьcu | *kobьcema | *kobьcemъ |
| accusative | *kobьcь | *kobьca | *kobьcę̇ |
| instrumental | *kobьcьmь, *kobьcemь* | *kobьcema | *kobьci |
| locative | *kobьci | *kobьcu | *kobьcixъ |
| vocative | *kobьče | *kobьca | *kobьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: kobiec (archaic, in the compound sokół kobiec (“Eurasian hobby”))
- Slovak: kobec
- Sorbian:
- ⇒ Upper Sorbian: kobčik
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kobьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кобец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 501
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kobьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 227: “m. jo”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “skóbec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kobьcь̏”