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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/košara
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *košь + *-ara.
Noun
*košàra f[1]
- basket
- sheepfold, pen (originally denoting the hedge which formed the pen)
Inflection
Declension of *košàra (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *košàra | *košàrě | *košàry |
| Accusative | *košàrǫ | *košàrě | *košàry |
| Genitive | *košàry | *košàru | *košàrъ |
| Locative | *košàrě | *košàru | *košàrasъ, *košàraxъ* |
| Dative | *košàrě | *košàrama | *košàramъ |
| Instrumental | *košàrojǫ, *košàrǭ** | *košàrama | *košàramī |
| Vocative | *košàro | *košàrě | *košàry |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
- *kotьcь (“cottage”)
- *košеrъ (“beehive”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”)
- Ukrainian: коша́ра (košára, “sheepfold”)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: кошара (košara)
- ⇒ Albanian: koshere
- ⇒ Romanian: coșar
- ⇒ Hungarian: kosár
- Bulgarian: кошара (košara, “sheepfold”)
- Macedonian: кошара (košara, “stable”)
- Serbo-Croatian: kòšara
- Slovene: košȃra (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic: кошара (košara)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: košár (< *košarъ)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кошара”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*košara/*košarъ/*košerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 183
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “кошара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 692
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “košȃra”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*kos'a̋ra”