kobyla

See also: Kobyla, kobylą, kobyła, and kobyłą

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech kobyla, from Proto-Slavic *kobyla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkobɪla]
• Hyphenation: ko‧by‧la

Noun

kobyla f (related adjective kobylí)

1. mare (female horse)

   Synonyms: klisna, hřebice

Declension

Declension of kobyla (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	kobyla	kobyly
genitive	kobyly	kobyl
dative	kobyle	kobylám
accusative	kobylu	kobyly
vocative	kobylo	kobyly
locative	kobyle	kobylách
instrumental	kobylou	kobylami

Derived terms

• kobylí
• kobylka
• Kovářovic kobyla chodí bosa

 

Further reading

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

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kobyla f animal

1. Obsolete spelling of kobyła.

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• kobyła (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kobyla.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kobyla f

1. mare (female horse)

Declension

Declension of kobyla (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kobyla	kobyle	kobyly
genitive	kobyly	kobylú	kobyl
dative	kobyle	kobylama	kobylám
accusative	kobylu	kobyle	kobyly
vocative	kobylo	kobyle	kobyly
locative	kobyle	kobylú	kobylách
instrumental	kobylú	kobylama	kobylami

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

Descendants

• Czech: kobyla

Further reading

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈbɨ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɨla
• Syllabification: ko‧by‧la

Adjective

kobyla

1. inflection of kobyli:
   1. feminine nominative singular
   2. feminine vocative singular

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kobyla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔbiɫa/

Noun

kobyla f (genitive singular kobyly, nominative plural kobyly, genitive plural kobýl, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female horse, a mare

Declension

Declension of kobyla

	singular	plural
nominative	kobyla	kobyly
genitive	kobyly	kobýl
dative	kobyle	kobylám
accusative	kobylu	kobyly
locative	kobyle	kobylách
instrumental	kobylou	kobylami

Further reading

• “kobyla”, 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