chobot

See also: Chobot

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хо́бот (xóbot), from Old East Slavic хоботъ (xobotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ. Compare native Old Czech chobot (“tail; bay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxobot]
• Hyphenation: cho‧bot

Noun

chobot m inan

1. trunk (of an elephant)

Declension

Declension of chobot (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	chobot	choboty
genitive	chobotu	chobotů
dative	chobotu	chobotům
accusative	chobot	choboty
vocative	chobote	choboty
locative	chobotě, chobotu	chobotech
instrumental	chobotem	choboty

Derived terms

• chobotnatec m
• chobotnice f

 

Descendants

• → Slovak: chobot

Further reading

• “chobot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “chobot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “chobot”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ. Compare Czech chobot (“trunk”) borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈxobot/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈxobot/

Noun

chobot m inan

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. tail
2. bay (body of water)

Declension

Declension of chobot (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	chobot	choboty	choboti, chobotové
genitive	chobota, chobotu	chobotú	chobotóv
dative	chobotu	chobotoma	chobotóm
accusative	chobot	choboty	choboty
vocative	chobote	choboty	choboti, chobotové
locative	chobotě, chobotu	chobotú	chobotiech
instrumental	chobotem	chobotoma	choboty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• → Old Polish: chobot
  • Polish: chobot (obsolete)

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “chobot”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old Polish

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Czech chobot, from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /xɔbɔt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /xɔbɔt/

Noun

chobot m animacy unattested

1. (attested in Silesia) tail

   Synonym: ogon

   • 1449, Gałka Jędrzej z Dobczyna (Dobszyna), Pieśń o Wiklefie‎^[1], Głogówek, line 37:

     Pirzwy pop Lassota wzzøl mocz od chobota Cønstantina smoka

     [Pirzwy pop Lasota wziął moc od chobota Konstantyna smoka]

Descendants

• Polish: chobot (obsolete)

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “chobot”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish chobot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.bɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔbɔt
• Syllabification: cho‧bot
• Homophones: Chobot, Hobot

Noun

chobot m inan

1. (obsolete, usually in the plural) shoe, especially talaria (winged sandals)

   Synonyms: but, sandał

2. (obsolete) leg or sleeve widening

   Hypernym: rozszerzenie

Declension

Declension of chobot

	singular	plural
nominative	chobot	choboty
genitive	chobota	chobotów
dative	chobotowi	chobotom
accusative	chobot	choboty
instrumental	chobotem	chobotami
locative	chobocie	chobotach
vocative	chobocie	choboty

Derived terms

noun

• choboty

 

Further reading

• chobot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “chobot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “choboty”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Wiesław Morawski (18.04.2023) “CHOBOT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “chobot”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “chobot”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “chobot”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 287
• chobot in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech chobot, from Russian хо́бот (xóbot), from Old East Slavic хоботъ (xobotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xobotъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxɔbɔt]

Noun

chobot m inan (genitive singular chobota, nominative plural choboty, genitive plural chobotov, declension pattern of dub)

1. trunk (of an elephant)

Declension

Declension of chobot

	singular	plural
nominative	chobot	choboty
genitive	chobota	chobotov
dative	chobotu	chobotom
accusative	chobot	choboty
locative	chobote	chobotoch
instrumental	chobotom	chobotmi

References

• “chobot”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024