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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korabľь
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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
From earlier *karabja, borrowed from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos, “boat, crab, beetle”) (Modern Greek καράβι (karávi, “ship, boat”)). Could have been influenced by or confused with *korbъ (“basket”).
According to ESSJa, from adjective *korb-jo-, from *korbъ.
Inflection
Declension of *korãbľь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *korãbľь | *korābľà | *korābľì |
| genitive | *korābľà | *korābľù | *korãbľь |
| dative | *korābľù | *korābľèma | *korãbľemъ |
| accusative | *korãbľь | *korābľà | *korābľę̇̀ |
| instrumental | *korābľь̀mь, *korābľèmь* | *korābľèma | *korãbľi |
| locative | *korābľì | *korābľù | *korãbľixъ |
| vocative | *korabľu | *korābľà | *korābľì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: koráb
- Polish: korab (genitive: korabia)
- Slovak: koráb
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: korabje
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: corabie
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korabjь / *korabъ / *korabь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
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