kupadlo

Old Czech

Alternative forms

kupadło (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫpadlo. By surface analysis, kúpati +‎ -dlo. For sense 4 compare Old East Slavic кѫпалиꙗ (kǫpalija, “Saint John's Eve”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkupadɫo/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkupadlo/

Noun

kupadlo n

bathing place
bowl especially for ritual washing, basin, baptismal font
means of ritual purification
ribbon given as a gift on the eve of certain holidays
The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1. (botany) lady's mantle

Declension

Declension of kupadlo (hard o-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kupadlo	kupadle	kupadla
genitive	kupadla	kupadlú	kupadel
dative	kupadlu	kupadloma	kupadlóm
accusative	kupadlo	kupadle	kupadla
vocative	kupadlo	kupadle	kupadla
locative	kupadle, kupadlu	kupadlú	kupadléch
instrumental	kupadlem	kupadloma	kupadly

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Czech: kupadlo, koupadlo

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “kupadlo”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

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