кобылка
Old Ruthenian
Alternative forms
- коби́лка (kobýlka)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic кобꙑлъка (kobylŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kobylъka, from *kobyla.
Noun
кобылка • (kobylka) f animal
- Diminutive of кобы́ла (kobýla, “mare”)
- locust, grasshopper
- filly (young female horse)
Related terms
Descendants
- Belarusian: кабы́лка (kabýlka) (dialectal)
- Carpathian Rusyn: кобы́лка (kobŷ́lka)
- Ukrainian: коби́лка (kobýlka) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “кобылка”, 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), “кобылка, кобилка”, 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
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic кобꙑлъка (kobylŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kobylъka. By surface analysis, кобы́ла (kobýla) + -ка (-ka).
For the semantic evolution “(small) horse” > “bridge of a stringed instrument”, compare to French chevalet and Portuguese cavalete, and further afield, Persian خرک (xarak) and Japanese 駒 (こま, koma).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐˈbɨɫkə]
Noun
кобы́лка • (kobýlka) f anim (genitive кобы́лки, nominative plural кобы́лки, genitive plural кобы́лок)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | кобы́лка kobýlka |
кобы́лки kobýlki |
genitive | кобы́лки kobýlki |
кобы́лок kobýlok |
dative | кобы́лке kobýlke |
кобы́лкам kobýlkam |
accusative | кобы́лку kobýlku |
кобы́лок kobýlok |
instrumental | кобы́лкой, кобы́лкою kobýlkoj, kobýlkoju |
кобы́лками kobýlkami |
prepositional | кобы́лке kobýlke |
кобы́лках kobýlkax |
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