ковшь
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Borrowed from Lithuanian káušas (“ladle, dipper, big spoon”), derived from Lithuanian káuti (“hew, chop out”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂-, from the root *kewh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔʋɕɪ/→/ˈkɔʋɕɪ/→/ˈkɔːʋɕ/
- Hyphenation: ков‧шь
Noun
ковшь (kovšĭ) m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ковшь kovšĭ |
ковша kovša |
ковши kovši |
| genitive | ковша kovša |
ковшу kovšu |
ковшь kovšĭ |
| dative | ковшу kovšu |
ковшема kovšema |
ковшемъ kovšemŭ |
| accusative | ковшь kovšĭ |
ковша kovša |
ковшѣ kovšě |
| instrumental | ковшьмь kovšĭmĭ |
ковшема kovšema |
ковши kovši |
| locative | ковши kovši |
ковшу kovšu |
ковшихъ kovšixŭ |
| vocative | ковшу kovšu |
ковша kovša |
ковши kovši |
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian:
- Middle Russian: ковшъ (kovš)
- Russian: ковш (kovš)
References
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “ковшь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1243
- Vasmer, Max (1967) “ковш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 273
- “ковшь”, in Национальный корпус русского языка [Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025
- “ковшъ”, in Национальный корпус русского языка [Russian National Corpus], https://ruscorpora.ru/, 2003–2025