Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic кобꙑлъка (kobylŭka), from Proto-Slavic *kobylъka, from *kobyla.

Noun

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кобылка (kobylkaf animal

  1. diminutive of кобы́ла (kobýla, mare)
  2. locust, grasshopper
  3. filly (young female horse)
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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: кабы́лка (kabýlka) (dialectal)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кобы́лка (kobŷ́lka)
  • Ukrainian: коби́лка (kobýlka) (dialectal)

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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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 (こま, koma).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кобы́лка (kobýlkaf anim (genitive кобы́лки, nominative plural кобы́лки, genitive plural кобы́лок)

  1. filly (young female horse)
    Synonym: жеребёнок-са́мка (žerebjónok-sámka)
  2. (figuratively) workhorse (dependable hard worker)
    Synonym: трудя́га (trudjága)
  3. locust, grasshopper
  4. (music) bridge (of a stringed instrument)

Declension

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