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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From *kotъ (“cat”) + *-ьjь.
Adjective
*kotь[2]
- (relational) cat
Declension
Indefinite declension of *kotь (soft)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*kotь
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*kota
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*kote
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| genitive
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*kota
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*kotę̇
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*kota
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| dative
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*kotu
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*koti
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*kotu
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| accusative
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*kotь
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*kotǫ
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*kote
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| instrumental
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*kotemь
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*kotejǫ
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*kotemь
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| locative
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*koti
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*koti
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*koti
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| vocative
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*kotu
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*kote
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*kote
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*kota
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*koti
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*koti
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| genitive
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*kotu
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*kotu
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*kotu
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| dative
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*kotema
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*kotama
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*kotema
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| accusative
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*kota
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*koti
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*koti
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| instrumental
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*kotema
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*kotama
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*kotema
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| locative
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*kotu
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*kotu
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*kotu
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| vocative
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*kota
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*koti
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*koti
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*koti
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*kotę̇
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*kota
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| genitive
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*kotь
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*kotь
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*kotь
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| dative
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*kotemъ
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*kotamъ
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*kotemъ
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| accusative
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*kotę̇
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*kotę̇
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*kota
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| instrumental
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*koti
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*kotami
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*koti
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| locative
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*kotixъ
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*kotaxъ
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*kotixъ
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| vocative
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*koti
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*kotę̇
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*kota
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Definite declension of *kotь (soft)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*kotьjь
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*kotaja
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*koteje
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| genitive
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*kotajego
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*kotę̇ję̇
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*kotajego
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| dative
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*kotujemu
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*kotiji
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*kotujemu
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| accusative
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*kotьjь
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*kotǫjǫ
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*koteje
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| instrumental
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*kotijimь
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*kotǫjǫ
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*kotijimь
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| locative
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*kotijemь
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*kotiji
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*kotijemь
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| vocative
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*kotьjь
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*kotaja
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*koteje
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*kotaja
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*kotiji
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*kotiji
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| genitive
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*kotuju
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*kotuju
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*kotuju
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| dative
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*kotijima
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*kotijima
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*kotijima
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| accusative
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*kotaja
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*kotiji
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*kotiji
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| instrumental
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*kotijima
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*kotijima
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*kotijima
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| locative
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*kotuju
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*kotuju
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*kotuju
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| vocative
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*kotaja
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*kotiji
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*kotiji
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*kotiji
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*kotę̇ję̇
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*kotaja
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| genitive
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*kotьjixъ
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*kotьjixъ
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*kotьjixъ
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| dative
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*kotijimъ
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*kotijimъ
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*kotijimъ
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| accusative
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*kotę̇ję̇
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*kotę̇ję̇
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*kotaja
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| instrumental
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*kotijimi
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*kotijimi
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*kotijimi
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| locative
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*kotijixъ
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*kotijixъ
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*kotijixъ
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| vocative
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*kotiji
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*kotę̇ję̇
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*kotaja
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Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: kòcy
- Old Polish: koci
- Polish: koci, (dialectal) koći
- Silesian: koci
- Slovincian: kôcy
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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