chobot

See also: Chobot

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хо́бот (xóbot),[1] from Old East Slavic хоботъ (xobotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ. Compare native Old Czech chobot (tail; bay).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxobot]
  • Hyphenation: cho‧bot

Noun

chobot m inan

  1. trunk (of an elephant)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Slovak: chobot

References

  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “chobot”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 232

Further reading

  • chobot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • chobot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ. Compare Czech chobot (trunk) borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈxobot/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈxobot/

Noun

chobot m inan

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    1. tail
  2. bay (body of water)

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

Old Polish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Czech chobot,[1] from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /xɔbɔt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /xɔbɔt/

Noun

chobot m animacy unattested

  1. tail
    Synonym: ogon

Descendants

References

  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “chobot”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish chobot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔ.bɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔbɔt
  • Syllabification: cho‧bot
  • Homophone: Chobot

Noun

chobot m inan

  1. (obsolete, usually in the plural) shoe, especially talaria (winged sandals)
    Synonyms: but, sandał
  2. (obsolete) leg or sleeve widening
    Hypernym: rozszerzenie

Declension

Derived terms

noun
  • choboty

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech chobot,[1] from Russian хо́бот (xóbot), from Old East Slavic хоботъ (xobotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈxɔbɔt]

Noun

chobot m inan (genitive singular chobota, nominative plural choboty, genitive plural chobotov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. trunk (of an elephant)

Declension

References

  1. Machek, Václav (1968) “chobot”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 202
  • chobot”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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