Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kovylь

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 reconstructions

  • *kovylъ

Etymology

According to ESSJa, a verbal noun of *kovati (“to forge”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”).

Noun

*kovylь m

  1. feathergrass (any of various grasses of the genus Stipa)

Declension

Declension of *kovylь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kovylь *kovyla *kovyli
genitive *kovyla *kovylu *kovylь
dative *kovylu *kovylema *kovylemъ
accusative *kovylь *kovyla *kovylę̇
instrumental *kovylьmь, *kovylemь* *kovylema *kovyli
locative *kovyli *kovylu *kovylixъ
vocative *kovylu *kovyla *kovyli

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ковꙑль (kovylĭ), ковꙑла f (kovyla)
      • Belarusian: кавы́ль (kavýlʹ)
      • Russian: ковы́ль (kovýlʹ); ковы́л (kovýl), ковы́ла f (kovýla) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: кови́ла f (kovýla)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: кови́л (kovíl); куви́л (kuvíl) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: ковил (kovil)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ко̏вӣље n; ко̏вӣља f (dialectal)
      Latin script: kȍvīlje n; kȍvīlja f (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kovylь/*kovylь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 15
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковы́ль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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