кибитка

Russian

Alternative forms

кибита (kibita) – 17th c.

Etymology

Attested since the middle of the 17th century. Related to кибита́ (kibitá, “arched hoop, half of a hoop of a large fish-trap”), obsolete (17th c.) киби́ть (kibítʹ, “arc of the bow”). Cognate with Ukrainian киби́тка (kybýtka), Belarusian кібі́тка (kibítka).

Borrowed from Turkic: compare Tatar кибет (kibet), Bashkir кибет (kibet), Kipchak [script needed] (kebit), [script needed] (kibit), [script needed] (kabit, “stall, shop”), Karakhanid [script needed] (käbit, “inn”).

Probably ultimately from Sogdian [script needed] (qpyδ /kəpēδ/, “stall”) (akin to Persian ‎ (kolbe); see it for more), though Arabic قُبَّة‎ (qubba, “dome”) too is often mentioned as another possible ultimate source.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲɪˈbʲitkə]

Noun

киби́тка • (kibítka) f inan (genitive киби́тки, nominative plural киби́тки, genitive plural киби́ток)

kibitka (horse-drawn carriage)
yurt, kibitka (nomad's dwelling of some ethnic groups such as the Kalmyks and Kyrgyz)
telega or sleigh with a (usually rounded) cover over the passenger seats

Declension

Declension of киби́тка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	киби́тка kibítka	киби́тки kibítki
genitive	киби́тки kibítki	киби́ток kibítok
dative	киби́тке kibítke	киби́ткам kibítkam
accusative	киби́тку kibítku	киби́тки kibítki
instrumental	киби́ткой, киби́ткою kibítkoj, kibítkoju	киби́тками kibítkami
prepositional	киби́тке kibítke	киби́тках kibítkax

Derived terms

киби́точка (kibítočka)
киби́точный (kibítočnyj)

Related terms

кибита
киби́ть

Descendants

→ Czech: kibitka
→ English: kibitka
→ French: kibick
→ Polish: kibitka
→ Romanian: chibitcă

References

Berneker, Erich (1908–1913) Slavisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter's Universitätsbuchhandlung, page 503
Chernykh, P. (1993), “кибитка”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 394
Dal, Vladimir (1905), “кибить”, in Толковый Словарь живого великорусскаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd edition, товарищество М. О. Вольфъ, page 264
Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (1997) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages]‎ (in Russian), volume V, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 16–17
Miklosich, Franz (1886) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der slavischen Sprachen (in German), Vienna: Wilhelm Braumüller, page 116
Филин, Ф. П., editor (1977), “киби́тка”, in Slovarʹ russkix narodnyx govorov [Dictionary of Russian Dialects] (in Russian), volume 13, Leningrad: Nauka, Leningrad branch, page 194
Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “кибита”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress, pages 227–228