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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobьcь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Uncertain. Possibly from the sparsely attested Proto-Slavic *kobti (“to grasp, to forecast”), *kobati (“to compete”) + *-ьcь, of expressive nature from Proto-Indo-European *kabʰ- (“to seize, to hold”). Resembles Proto-Germanic *habukaz (“hawk”), Albanian gabonjë (“eagle”).

Noun

*kobь̀cь m[1][2]

  1. falcon, buzzard
    Synonym: *sokolъ

Alternative forms
  • *kobuzъ, *kobъzъ

Declension
Declension of *kobьcь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *kobьcь *kobьca *kobьci
genitive *kobьca *kobьcu *kobьcь
dative *kobьcu *kobьcema *kobьcemъ
accusative *kobьcь *kobьca *kobьcę̇
instrumental *kobьcьmь, *kobьcemь* *kobьcema *kobьci
locative *kobьci *kobьcu *kobьcixъ
vocative *kobьče *kobьca *kobьci
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
  • *kobati (“to compete (in a game)”)
  • *kosъ (“blackbird”) (possibly)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: кобецъ (kobecŭ)
    • Russian: ко́бец (kóbec)
    • Ukrainian: кі́бець (kíbecʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: kobiec (archaic, in the compound sokół kobiec (“Eurasian hobby”))
    • Slovak: kobec
    • Sorbian:
      • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: kobčik

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kobьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кобец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 501

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kobьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 227: “m. jo”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “skóbec”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*kobьcь̏”
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