Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kobьcь

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

Uncertain. Possibly from the sparsely attested Proto-Slavic *kobti (“to grasp, to forecast”), *kobati (“to compete”) + *-ьcь, of expressive nature from Proto-Indo-European *kabʰ- (“to seize, to hold”). Resembles Proto-Germanic *habukaz (“hawk”), Albanian gabonjë (“eagle”).

Noun

*kobь̀cь m

1. falcon, buzzard

   Synonym: *sokolъ

Alternative forms

• *kobuzъ, *kobъzъ

Declension

Declension of *kobьcь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kobьcь	*kobьca	*kobьci
genitive	*kobьca	*kobьcu	*kobьcь
dative	*kobьcu	*kobьcema	*kobьcemъ
accusative	*kobьcь	*kobьca	*kobьcę̇
instrumental	*kobьcьmь, *kobьcemь*	*kobьcema	*kobьci
locative	*kobьci	*kobьcu	*kobьcixъ
vocative	*kobьče	*kobьca	*kobьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *kobati (“to compete (in a game)”)
• *kosъ (“blackbird”) (possibly)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кобецъ (kobecŭ)
  • Russian: ко́бец (kóbec)
    • ⇒ Russian: ко́бчик (kóbčik)
  • Ukrainian: кі́бець (kíbecʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: кобе́ц (kobéc), dial. кобъ́ц (kobǎ́c) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ко̀бац

    Latin script: kòbac

  • Slovene: skóbec
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: kobiec (archaic, in the compound sokół kobiec (“Eurasian hobby”))
  • Slovak: kobec
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: kobčik

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kobьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 101
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кобец”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 501