котъ
Old East Slavic edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ (“cat”).
Noun edit
котъ (kotŭ) m
Declension edit
Declension of котъ (hard o-stem)
Descendants edit
- Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
- Russian: кот m (kot, “cat”)
- ⇒ Russian: ко́тко (kótko, “kitten”) (dialectal)
Further reading edit
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893), “котъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments][1] (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1303
Old Ruthenian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old East Slavic котъ (kotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ, further borrowed from Latin cattus. Cognate with Russian кот (kot), Old Polish kot and Old Czech kot.
Noun edit
котъ • (kot) m anim (feminine кошка or котка, related adjective котовый, diminutive котикъ)
- cat
- стоꙗчи на порогу ѡбачилъ чорные коты, ижъ ложко богача ѡоточили ― stojači na porohu obačil čornyje koty, iž ložko bohača ootočili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- нѣкоторыи кота, и пса, и волка, и малпꙋ… и иншіе речи створеные чтили ― někotoryj kota, i psa, i volka, i malpu… i inšije reči stvorenyje čtili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- fur seal
- Піѳѵкъ: Котⸯ морскій, малпа, кочкодан, обезѧна ― Pifik: Kot morskij, malpa, kočkodan, obezjana ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 64
- Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “котъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), issue 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61