котъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ (“cat”).

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːtʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːtʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːt/, /ˈkoːt/
• Hyphenation: ко́тъ

Noun

котъ (kotŭ) m

1. cat
2. tomcat, male cat

Declension

Declension of котъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	котъ kotŭ	кота kota	коти koti
Genitive	кота kota	коту kotu	котъ kotŭ
Dative	коту kotu	котома kotoma	котомъ kotomŭ
Accusative	котъ kotŭ	кота kota	котꙑ koty
Instrumental	котъмь kotŭmĭ	котома kotoma	котꙑ koty
Locative	котѣ kotě	коту kotu	котѣхъ kotěxŭ
Vocative	коте kote	кота kota	коти koti

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
  • Belarusian: кот (kot)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
  • Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
• Russian: кот m (kot, “cat”)
  • ⇒ Russian: ко́тко (kótko, “kitten”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• 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), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1303

Old Ruthenian

котъ

Etymology

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

котъ • (kot) m animal (feminine кошка or котка, related adjective котовый, diminutive котикъ)

1. 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)

2. fur seal

   Піѳѵкъ: Котⸯ морскій, малпа, кочкодан, обезѧна ― Pifik: Kot morskij, malpa, kočkodan, obezjana ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• Belarusian: кот (kot)
• Carpathian Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
• Ukrainian: кіт (kit)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 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), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61