Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korpa

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 a substantivation of Proto-Balto-Slavic *karˀpas (“rough, coarse”) + *-a, attested indirectly in Proto-Slavic *korpavъ, *korpatъ (extended with the auxiliary suffixes *-avъ, *-atъ). Cognate with Lithuanian karpà (“wart”), Latvian kãrpa (“callus”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerHp- (“to scrape, to abrade”), whence also *skorpavъ, *xorpavъ with identical meanings.

Formally similar to Proto-Slavic *korpъ (“carp”) of unclear origin (possibly substrate).

Noun

*kőrpa f

toad, paddock
Synonyms: (in West Slavic) *xorpuxa, (in South Slavic) *korstava *žaba

Declension

Declension of *korpa (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*korpa	*korpě	*korpy
Accusative	*korpǫ	*korpě	*korpy
Genitive	*korpy	*korpu	*korpъ
Locative	*korpě	*korpu	korpasъ, korpaxъ^*
Dative	*korpě	*korpama	*korpamъ
Instrumental	korpojǫ, korpǫ^**	*korpama	*korpami
Vocative	*korpo	*korpě	*korpy

^* -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).

Derived terms

*korpavъ (“scabby”)
- *korpavica, *korpavъka

Related terms

*čerpti, *čьrpati (“to scoop”)
*čerpъ (“skull”)
*xorpuxa (“toad, paddock”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: кура́па (kurápa)
- ⇒ Russian: коропа́вка (koropávka)
- Ukrainian: коро́па (korópa) (dialectal)
  - ⇒ Ukrainian: коропа́вка (koropávka), коропа́виця (koropávycja), коропа́та жаба (koropáta žaba)
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Slovene: krápavica (dialectal)