кобылица

Old Ruthenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кобꙑлица (kobylica), from Proto-Slavic *kobylica, from *kobyla.

Noun

кобылица • (kobylica) f animal

  1. locust, grasshopper

Descendants
  • Belarusian: кабылі́ца (kabylíca)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кобы́лиця (kobŷ́lycja)
  • Ukrainian: коби́ли́ця (kobýlýcja); кобилі́ца (kobylíca) (Polesian)

Further reading
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “кобылица”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 165
  • Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “кобылица”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 14 (к – конъюрация), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 154
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