Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫpělь

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 *kǫpati (“to bathe”) +‎ *-ělь.

Noun

*kǫpělь f

1. place for swimming
2. bath

Inflection

Declension of *kǫpělь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kǫpělь	*kǫpěli	*kǫpěli
genitive	*kǫpěli	*kǫpělьju, *kǫpěľu*	*kǫpělьjь, *kǫpěli*
dative	*kǫpěli	*kǫpělьma	*kǫpělьmъ
accusative	*kǫpělь	*kǫpěli	*kǫpěli
instrumental	*kǫpělьjǫ, *kǫpěľǫ*	*kǫpělьma	*kǫpělьmi
locative	*kǫpěli	*kǫpělьju, *kǫpěľu*	*kǫpělьxъ
vocative	*kǫpěli	*kǫpěli	*kǫpěli

^* 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:
  • Ukrainian: ку́пiль (kúpilʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: кѫпѣль (kǫpělĭ)

    • → Russian: купе́ль (kupélʹ)
  • Bulgarian: купел (kupel)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ку́пељ

  • Slovene: kóреɫ (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: koupel
  • Polish: kąpiel
  • Slovak: kúpeľ
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: kupjel
    • Lower Sorbian: kupjela

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “купе́ль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress