Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobylъka

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

From *kobyla +‎ *-ъka.

Noun

*kobylъka f[1]

  1. diminutive of *kobyla (“mare”)
  2. filly (young female horse)
  3. locust

Declension

Declension of *kobylъka (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kobylъka *kobylъcě *kobylъky
genitive *kobylъky *kobylъku *kobylъkъ
dative *kobylъcě *kobylъkama *kobylъkamъ
accusative *kobylъkǫ *kobylъcě *kobylъky
instrumental *kobylъkojǫ, *kobylъkǫ** *kobylъkama *kobylъkami
locative *kobylъcě *kobylъku *kobylъkasъ, *kobylъkaxъ*
vocative *kobylъko *kobylъcě *kobylъky

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кобꙑлъка (kobylŭka)
    • Old Novgorodian: кобꙑлъка (kobylŭka)
  • South Slavic:
    • Middle Bulgarian: кобы́лка (kobýlka)
      • Bulgarian: коби́лка (kobílka)
    • Macedonian: кобилка (kobilka)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kobylъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 100

Further reading

  • Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1988), “кабы́лка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 4 (К – ка́ята), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 14
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