Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosorь

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

Alternative forms

*kosorъ

Etymology

From *kosa +‎ *-orь.

Noun

*kosorь m

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Declension

Declension of *kosorь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kosorь	*kosori	kosorьje, kosoře^*
genitive	*kosori	kosorьju, kosořu^*	kosorьjь, kosori^*
dative	*kosori	*kosorьma	*kosorьmъ
accusative	*kosorь	*kosori	*kosori
instrumental	*kosorьmь	*kosorьma	*kosorьmi
locative	*kosori	kosorьju, kosořu^*	*kosorьxъ
vocative	*kosori	*kosori	kosorьje, kosoře^*

^* 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).

Related terms

*kosarь
*kosatъ
*koserъ, *kosera
*kosica (“scalpel, small chisel”)
*kosidlo (“sheaf ready for mowing”)
*kosьje
*kosьnikъ
*kosьnъ (“curved, tilted”)
*kosovidlo
*kosovišče
*kosovьje

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: косор (kosor)
- Ukrainian: косорий (kosoryj)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: косорь (kosorĭ)
- Bulgarian: косор (kosor)
- Macedonian: косор (kosor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: косор
  
  Latin script: kosor
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: Kosoř
- Polabian: ťösör
- Slovak: kosor

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosorь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 151