Old East Slavic edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ (cat).

Noun edit

котъ (kotŭm

  1. cat
  2. tomcat, male cat

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
    • Belarusian: кот (kot)
    • Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
    • Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
  • 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

 
котъ

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 (kotm anim (feminine кошка or котка, related adjective котовый, diminutive котикъ)

  1. cat
    стоꙗчи на порогу ѡбачилъ чорные коты, ижъ ложко богача ѡоточилиstojači 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 чтилиněkotoryj kota, i psa, i volka, i malpu… i inšije reči stvorenyje čtili(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. fur seal
    Піѳѵкъ: Котⸯ морскій, малпа, кочкодан, обезѧнаPifik: 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