Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobylica

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *kobyla +‎ *-ica.

Noun

*kobylica f

1. mare (female horse)
2. locust
3. carrying pole

Declension

Declension of *kobylica (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kobylica	*kobylici	*kobylicę̇
genitive	*kobylicę̇	*kobylicu	*kobylicь
dative	*kobylici	*kobylicama	*kobylicamъ
accusative	*kobylicǫ	*kobylici	*kobylicę̇
instrumental	*kobylicejǫ, *kobylicǫ**	*kobylicama	*kobylicami
locative	*kobylici	*kobylicu	*kobylicasъ, *kobylicaxъ*
vocative	*kobylice	*kobylici	*kobylicę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кобꙑлица (kobylica)
    • Old Ruthenian: кобылица (kobylica)
      • Belarusian: кабылі́ца (kabylíca)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: кобы́лиця (kobŷ́lycja)
      • Ukrainian: коби́ли́ця (kobýlýcja); кобилі́ца (kobylíca) (Polesian)
    • Russian: кобыли́ца (kobylíca)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: кобылица (kobylica)
  • Bulgarian: коби́лица (kobílica)
  • Macedonian: кобилица (kobilica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̀билица; коби̏лица (dialectal)

    Latin script: kòbilica; kobȉlica (dialectal)

  • Slovene: kobílica (tonal orthography); kobī́lca, kobulíca (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: kobylice
  • Old Polish: kobylica
    • Polish: kobylica; kᵘ̯obyľica (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: koblica