Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobylica

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

From *kobyla +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kobylica f[1]

  1. mare (female horse)
  2. locust
  3. carrying pole

Declension

Declension of *kobylica (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kobylica *kobylici *kobylicę̇
genitive *kobylicę̇ *kobylicu *kobylicь
dative *kobylici *kobylicama *kobylicamъ
accusative *kobylicǫ *kobylici *kobylicę̇
instrumental *kobylicejǫ, *kobylicǫ** *kobylicama *kobylicami
locative *kobylici *kobylicu *kobylicasъ, *kobylicaxъ*
vocative *kobylice *kobylici *kobylicę̇

* -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:
    • Old East Slavic: кобꙑлица (kobylica)
      • Old Ruthenian: кобылица (kobylica)
        • Belarusian: кабылі́ца (kabylíca)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: кобы́лиця (kobŷ́lycja)
        • Ukrainian: коби́ли́ця (kobýlýcja); кобилі́ца (kobylíca) (Polesian)
      • Russian: кобыли́ца (kobylíca)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kobylice
    • Old Polish: kobylica
      • Polish: kobylica; kᵘ̯obyľica (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: koblica

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kobylica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 98
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