< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/košuľa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin casula (“cloak”), diminutive of casa (“hut, house”).
Noun
*košuľa f
- shirt
- Synonyms: *riza, *ruxo
Declension
Declension of *košuľa (soft a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *košuľa | *košuľi | *košuľę̇ |
Accusative | *košuľǫ | *košuľi | *košuľę̇ |
Genitive | *košuľę̇ | *košuľu | *košuľь |
Locative | *košuľi | *košuľu | *košuľasъ, *košuľaxъ* |
Dative | *košuľi | *košuľama | *košuľamъ |
Instrumental | *košuľejǫ, *košuľǫ** | *košuľama | *košuľami |
Vocative | *košuľe | *košuľi | *košuľę̇ |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: кашуля (kašulja)
- Russian: кошуля (košulja)
- Ukrainian: кошуля (košulja)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кошу́ля (košúlja)
- Macedonian: кошула (košula)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: ко̀шуља
- Latin: kòšulja
- Slovene: košulja
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: košule
- Czech: košile
- Polish: koszula
- Slovak: košeľa
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: košula
- Lower Sorbian: košula
- Old Czech: košule
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кошуля”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress