котъ
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ (“cat”).
Noun
котъ (kotŭ) m
- cat
- tomcat, male cat
Declension
Declension of котъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | котъ kotŭ | кота kota | коти koti |
| Genitive | кота kota | коту kotu | котъ kotŭ |
| Dative | коту kotu | котома kotoma | котомъ kotomŭ |
| Accusative | котъ kotŭ | кота kota | котꙑ koty |
| Instrumental | котъмь kotŭmĭ | котома kotoma | котꙑ koty |
| Locative | котѣ kotě | коту kotu | котѣхъ kotěxŭ |
| Vocative | коте kote | кота kota | коти koti |
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
- Belarusian: кот (kot)
- Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
- Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
- Russian: кот m (kot, “cat”)
- ⇒ Russian: ко́тко (kótko, “kitten”) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “котъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1303
Old Ruthenian
котъ
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic котъ (kotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ, further borrowed from Latin cattus. Cognate with Russian кот (kot), Old Polish kot and Old Czech kot.
Noun
котъ • (kot) m anim (feminine кошка or котка, related adjective котовый, diminutive котикъ)
- cat
- стоꙗчи на порогу ѡбачилъ чорные коты, ижъ ложко богача ѡоточили ― stojači na porohu obačil čornyje koty, iž ložko bohača ootočili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- нѣкоторыи кота, и пса, и волка, и малпꙋ… и иншіе речи створеные чтили ― někotoryj kota, i psa, i volka, i malpu… i inšije reči stvorenyje čtili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- fur seal
- Піѳѵкъ: Котⸯ морскій, малпа, кочкодан, обезѧна ― Pifik: Kot morskij, malpa, kočkodan, obezjana ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
- Belarusian: кот (kot)
- Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
- Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 64
- Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “котъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61