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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobyla

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

Probably an early borrowing from a Turkic language,[1] maybe cognate with Latin caballus[2], or Khotanese [script needed] (kabä).[3]

Noun

*kobyla f

  1. mare (female horse)

Declension
Declension of *kobyla (hard a-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kobyla *kobylě *kobyly
Accusative *kobylǫ *kobylě *kobyly
Genitive *kobyly *kobylu *kobylъ
Locative *kobylě *kobylu *kobylasъ, *kobylaxъ*
Dative *kobylě *kobylama *kobylamъ
Instrumental *kobylojǫ, *kobylǫ** *kobylama *kobylami
Vocative *kobylo *kobylě *kobyly
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

References
  1. Schenker, Alexander (1996), “2.66. Lexical borrowing”, in The Dawn of Slavic: An Introduction to Slavic Philology‎, pages 159-160
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kòņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232: “Ru. kobýla ‘mare’, etc., which may be cognate with Lat. caballus ‘working-horse’.”
  3. Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 52
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