котва
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty (v-stem). Synchronically, either from кот (kot, “tomcat”) + -ва (-va) (due to the similarity between anchors and cat's claws) or from obsolete кота́я (kotája, “to hoop, to distort”) + -ва (-va) (in reference to the U-shape of most anchors).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ко́тва • (kótva) f
- anchor (tool to hook a vessel into sea bottom)
Declension edit
Declension of ко́тва
References edit
- “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “котва”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Anagrams edit
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
котва • (kotva) f
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koty.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ко̏тва f (Latin spelling kȍtva)