chobot

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хо́бот (xóbot),[1] from Old East Slavic хоботъ (xobotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ. Compare native Old Czech chobot (tail; bay).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: cho‧bot

Noun

chobot m inan

  1. trunk (of an elephant)

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Descendants

  • Slovak: chobot

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “chobot”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 232

Further reading

  • chobot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • chobot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • chobot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ. Compare Czech chobot (trunk) borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈxobot/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈxobot/

Noun

chobot m inan

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. tail
  2. bay (body of water)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Old Polish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Czech chobot,[1] from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xɔbɔt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /xɔbɔt/

Noun

chobot m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Silesia) tail
    Synonym: ogon

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “chobot”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “chobot”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish chobot.

Pronunciation

Noun

chobot m inan

  1. (obsolete, usually in the plural) shoe, especially talaria (winged sandals)
    Synonyms: but, sandał
  2. (obsolete) leg or sleeve widening
    Hypernym: rozszerzenie

Declension

Derived terms

noun

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech chobot,[1] from Russian хо́бот (xóbot), from Old East Slavic хоботъ (xobotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

chobot m inan (diminutive chobôtik or chobotík, augmentative chobotisko)

  1. trunk (of an elephant)

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “chobot”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 202

Further reading

  • chobot”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024