коба

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *koba, an alternative form of Proto-Slavic *kobь, whence Old Church Slavonic кобь (kobĭ, “destiny”).

BER further relates it with dialectal кобе́ц (kobéc, “sparrowhawk”), presumingly of expressive origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔbɐ]

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Noun

ко́ба • (kóba) f (relational adjective ко́бен)

1. (poetic, formal) doom, fatality, damnation

   Synonyms: обре́ченост (obréčenost), предопределе́ност (predopredelénost)

2. (by extension) bad omen, ill fate

   Synonyms: проко́ба (prokóba), зла у́част (zla účast)

3. (dialectal) cursed child → child which cries a lot or is often sick

Declension

Declension of ко́ба

	singular	plural
indefinite	ко́ба kóba	ко́би kóbi
definite	ко́бата kóbata	ко́бите kóbite

Derived terms

• кобя́ (kobjá, “to predict bad omen, unfortune”)
• коба́р (kobár), коби́я (kobíja, “harbinger of damnation”) (dialectal)
• ко́бник m (kóbnik), ко́бница f (kóbnica, “soothsayer of ill fate”) (folklore)
• проко́ба (prokóba), злоко́ба (zlokóba, “jinx”)

References

• “коба”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “коба”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 499
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “ко́ба”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 379
• кобь in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koba, an alternative form of Proto-Slavic *kobь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔba]

Noun

коба • (koba) f

1. omen, augury (evil)

Declension

Declension of коба

	singular
indefinite	коба
definite unspecified	кобата
definite proximal	кобава
definite distal	кобана
vocative	кобо