Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/koťь

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

From *kotъ (cat) +‎ *-jь +‎ *-ьjь.

Adjective

*koťь[2]

  1. (relational) cat

Declension

Indefinite declension of *koťь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *koťь *koťa *koťe
genitive *koťa *koťę̇ *koťa
dative *koťu *koťi *koťu
accusative *koťь *koťǫ *koťe
instrumental *koťemь *koťejǫ *koťemь
locative *koťi *koťi *koťi
vocative *koťu *koťe *koťe
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *koťa *koťi *koťi
genitive *koťu *koťu *koťu
dative *koťema *koťama *koťema
accusative *koťa *koťi *koťi
instrumental *koťema *koťama *koťema
locative *koťu *koťu *koťu
vocative *koťa *koťi *koťi
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *koťi *koťę̇ *koťa
genitive *koťь *koťь *koťь
dative *koťemъ *koťamъ *koťemъ
accusative *koťę̇ *koťę̇ *koťa
instrumental *koťi *koťami *koťi
locative *koťixъ *koťaxъ *koťixъ
vocative *koťi *koťę̇ *koťa
Definite declension of *koťь (soft)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *koťьjь *koťaja *koťeje
genitive *koťajego *koťę̇ję̇ *koťajego
dative *koťujemu *koťiji *koťujemu
accusative *koťьjь *koťǫjǫ *koťeje
instrumental *koťijimь *koťǫjǫ *koťijimь
locative *koťijemь *koťiji *koťijemь
vocative *koťьjь *koťaja *koťeje
dual masculine feminine neuter
nominative *koťaja *koťiji *koťiji
genitive *koťuju *koťuju *koťuju
dative *koťijima *koťijima *koťijima
accusative *koťaja *koťiji *koťiji
instrumental *koťijima *koťijima *koťijima
locative *koťuju *koťuju *koťuju
vocative *koťaja *koťiji *koťiji
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *koťiji *koťę̇ję̇ *koťaja
genitive *koťьjixъ *koťьjixъ *koťьjixъ
dative *koťijimъ *koťijimъ *koťijimъ
accusative *koťę̇ję̇ *koťę̇ję̇ *koťaja
instrumental *koťijimi *koťijimi *koťijimi
locative *koťijixъ *koťijixъ *koťijixъ
vocative *koťiji *koťę̇ję̇ *koťaja

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: ко́чи (kóči) (dialectal, archaic)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: koči (dialectal)
    • >? Polish: koci
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: koči

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 215
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kotjьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 207