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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopa

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

An a-stem deverbative of *kopati. Baltic cognates include Latvian kaps (“grave”), Lithuanian kãpas (“grave”).

Noun

*kopà f [1][2][3]

  1. heap, shock

Declension
Declension of *kopà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *kopà *kȍpě *kȍpy
Accusative *kȍpǫ *kȍpě *kȍpy
Genitive *kopý *kopù *kòpъ
Locative *kȍpě *kopù *kopàsъ, *kopàxъ*
Dative *kopě̀ *kopàma *kopàmъ
Instrumental *kopojǫ́ *kopàma *kopàmi
Vocative *kopo *kȍpě *kȍpy
* -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.

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kopa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232: “f. ā ‘heap, shock’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “kopa kopy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c bunke (PR 138)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “kópa”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*kopa̋”
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