кобылка
Old Ruthenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- коби́лка (kobýlka)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic кобꙑлъка (kobylŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kobylъka, from *kobyla.
Noun edit
кобылка • (kobylka) f animal
- Diminutive of кобы́ла (kobýla, “mare”)
- locust, grasshopper
- filly (young female horse)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Belarusian: кабы́лка (kabýlka) (dialectal)
- Carpathian Rusyn: кобы́лка (kobŷ́lka)
- Ukrainian: коби́лка (kobýlka) (dialectal)
Further reading edit
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “кобылка”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 165
- Voitiv, H. V., editor (2008), “кобылка, кобилка”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 14 (к – конъюрация), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 154
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic кобꙑлъка (kobylŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kobylъka. By surface analysis, кобы́ла (kobýla) + -ка (-ka).
For the semantic evolution “(small) horse” > “bridge of a stringed instrument”, compare to French chevalet and Portuguese cavalete, and further afield, Persian خرک (xarak) and Japanese 駒 (こま, koma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
кобы́лка • (kobýlka) f anim (genitive кобы́лки, nominative plural кобы́лки, genitive plural кобы́лок)
- filly (young female horse)
- (figuratively) workhorse (dependable hard worker)
- Synonym: трудя́га (trudjága)
- locust, grasshopper
- (music) bridge (of a stringed instrument)
Declension edit
Declension of кобы́лка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | кобы́лка kobýlka |
кобы́лки kobýlki |
| genitive | кобы́лки kobýlki |
кобы́лок kobýlok |
| dative | кобы́лке kobýlke |
кобы́лкам kobýlkam |
| accusative | кобы́лку kobýlku |
кобы́лок kobýlok |
| instrumental | кобы́лкой, кобы́лкою kobýlkoj, kobýlkoju |
кобы́лками kobýlkami |
| prepositional | кобы́лке kobýlke |
кобы́лках kobýlkax |