кобь
Old Church Slavonic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *kobь. Cognate with Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).
Noun edit
кобь • (kobĭ) f
Descendants edit
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Russian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic кобь (kobĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kobь. Cognate with Bulgarian коба (koba), прокоба (prokoba, “ill fate, portent”), Serbo-Croatian коб/kob (“fate”). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse happ (“good luck”), Old Irish cob (“victory”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
кобь • (kobʹ) f inan (genitive ко́би, nominative plural ко́би, genitive plural ко́бей)
- (obsolete) augury, specifically through the flight of birds, ornithomancy
Declension edit
References edit
- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “кобь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress