Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrpa

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

Uncertain, possibly from or realted to Proto-Balto-Slavic *kúrˀpāˀ (“shoe”).

Noun

*kъrpa f[1][2]

piece of cloth

Inflection

Declension of *kъrpa (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kъrpa	*kъrpě	*kъrpy
Accusative	*kъrpǫ	*kъrpě	*kъrpy
Genitive	*kъrpy	*kъrpu	*kъrpъ
Locative	*kъrpě	*kъrpu	kъrpasъ, kъrpaxъ^*
Dative	*kъrpě	*kъrpama	*kъrpamъ
Instrumental	kъrpojǫ, kъrpǫ^**	*kъrpama	*kъrpami
Vocative	*kъrpo	*kъrpě	*kъrpy

^* -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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: корпа́ть (korpátʹ, “to mend clothes”) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: кръпа (krŭpa)
- Bulgarian: кърпа (kǎrpa)
  - → Aromanian: cãrpã
- Serbo-Croatian: kȑpa
  - → Romanian: cârpă
- Slovene: kŕpa

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kъ̀rpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *kúrʔp(i)aʔ”
Derksen, Rick (2015), “kurpė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “BSL *kúrʔp(i)aʔ; PSL *kъ̀rpa”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kъ̀rpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 485: “BSl. *kúrʔp(i)aʔ”

[EDBIL-2] Derksen, Rick (2015), “kurpė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 266: “BSL *kúrʔp(i)aʔ; PSL *kъ̀rpa”