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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobьcь
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
*kobь̀cь m[1][2]
- falcon, buzzard
- Synonym: *sokolъ
Alternative forms
- *kobuzъ, *kobъzъ
Declension
Declension of *kobьcь (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *kobьcь | *kobьca | *kobьci |
Accusative | *kobьcь | *kobьca | *kobьcę̇ |
Genitive | *kobьca | *kobьcu | *kobьcь |
Locative | *kobьci | *kobьcu | *kobьcixъ |
Dative | *kobьcu | *kobьcema | *kobьcemъ |
Instrumental | *kobьcьmь, *kobьcemь* | *kobьcema | *kobьci |
Vocative | *kobьče | *kobьca | *kobьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *kobati (“to compete (in a game)”)
- *kosъ (“blackbird”) (possibly)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: кобецъ (kobecŭ)
- Russian: ко́бец (kóbec)
- ⇒ Russian: ко́бчик (kóbčik)
- Ukrainian: кі́бець (kíbecʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кобе́ц (kobéc), dial. кобъ́ц (kobǎ́c) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̀бац
- Latin: kòbac
- Slovene: skóbec
- 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 Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kobьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “кобец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 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 slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*kobьcь̏”