котъ
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ (“cat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːtʊ/→/ˈkoːtʊ/→/ˈkɔːt/, /ˈkoːt/
- Hyphenation: ко́тъ
Noun
котъ (kotŭ) m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | котъ kotŭ |
кота kota |
коти koti |
| genitive | кота kota |
коту kotu |
котъ kotŭ |
| dative | коту kotu |
котома kotoma |
котомъ kotomŭ |
| accusative | котъ kotŭ |
кота kota |
котꙑ koty |
| instrumental | котъмь kotŭmĭ |
котома kotoma |
котꙑ koty |
| locative | котѣ kotě |
коту kotu |
котѣхъ kotěxŭ |
| vocative | коте kote |
кота kota |
коти koti |
Descendants
- Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
- Russian: кот m (kot, “cat”)
- ⇒ Russian: ко́тко (kótko, “kitten”) (dialectal)
Further reading
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “котъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1303
Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic котъ (kotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ, further borrowed from Latin cattus. Cognate with Russian кот (kot), Old Polish kot and Old Czech kot.
Noun
котъ • (kot) m animal (feminine кошка or котка, related adjective котовый, diminutive котикъ)
- cat
- стоꙗчи на порогу ѡбачилъ чорные коты, ижъ ложко богача ѡоточили ― stojači na porohu obačil čornyje koty, iž ložko bohača ootočili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- нѣкоторыи кота, и пса, и волка, и малпꙋ… и иншіе речи створеные чтили ― někotoryj kota, i psa, i volka, i malpu… i inšije reči stvorenyje čtili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- fur seal
- Піѳѵкъ: Котⸯ морскій, малпа, кочкодан, обезѧна ― Pifik: Kot morskij, malpa, kočkodan, obezjana ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants
- Belarusian: кот (kot)
- Carpathian Rusyn: кот (kot), кут (kut) (regional, dialectal)
- Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
Further reading
- The template Template:R:zle-mbe:HSBM does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 64 - Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “котъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61