Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korabľь

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos, “boat, crab, beetle”) (Modern Greek καράβι (karávi, “ship, boat”)). Could have been influenced by or confused with *korbъ (“basket”).

According to ESSJa, from adjective *korb-jo-, from *korbъ.

Noun

*korãbľь m[1]

ship

Inflection

Declension of *korãbľь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*korãbľь	*korābľà	*korābľì
Accusative	*korãbľь	*korābľà	*korābľę̇̀
Genitive	*korābľà	*korābľù	*korãbľь
Locative	*korābľì	*korābľù	*korãbľixъ
Dative	*korābľù	*korābľèma	*korãbľemъ
Instrumental	korābľь̀mь, korābľèmь^*	*korābľèma	*korãbľi
Vocative	*korabľu	*korābľà	*korābľì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: корабль (korablĭ)
  - Belarusian: карабе́ль (karabjélʹ)
  - Russian: кора́бль (koráblʹ), (dialectal) кора́бель (korábelʹ)
  - Rusyn: корабе́ль (korabélʹ)
  - Ukrainian: корабе́ль (korabélʹ), кора́б (koráb)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: корабл҄ь (korablʹĭ), корабь (korabĭ)
- Bulgarian: ко́раб (kórab)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin: kòrablja
  Cyrillic: ко̀рабља
West Slavic:
- Czech: koráb
- Polish: korab (genitive: korabia)
- Slovak: koráb
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: korabje

Non-Slavic:
→ Romanian: corabie

References

Olander, Thomas (2001), “korabjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b skib (SA 146; PR 134)”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001), “korabjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b skib (SA 146; PR 134)”