кобель

Russian

Etymology

Unclear. No cognates in other Slavic languages. Possibly related to Ossetian къӕбила (k’æbila) къӕбыла (k’æbyla), къӕбула (k’æbula, “young dog”). Trubačov hypothesizes that the term originally referred to fur color, and explains it as *ко-бѣль, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐˈbʲelʲ]

Noun

кобе́ль • (kobélʹ) m anim (genitive кобеля́, nominative plural кобели́, genitive plural кобеле́й)

  1. male dog
  2. male wolf, fox, or bear
    лиси́ца-кобе́ль ― lisíca-kobélʹ ― male fox
  3. (colloquial, disapproving, of a man) stud, bed-hopper
    Су́чка не захо́чет — кобе́ль не наско́чит!
    Súčka ne zaxóčet — kobélʹ ne naskóčit!
    If a bitch isn’t in heat, a dog won’t try to mount her!

Declension
Declension of кобе́ль (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative кобе́ль
kobélʹ		 кобели́
kobelí
genitive кобеля́
kobeljá		 кобеле́й
kobeléj
dative кобелю́
kobeljú		 кобеля́м
kobeljám
accusative кобеля́
kobeljá		 кобеле́й
kobeléj
instrumental кобелём
kobeljóm		 кобеля́ми
kobeljámi
prepositional кобеле́
kobelé		 кобеля́х
kobeljáx

Synonyms

References
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 621–622
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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