Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kovylь
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Alternative reconstructions
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to ESSJa, a verbal noun of *kovati (“to forge”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”).
Noun
[edit]*kovylь m
- feathergrass (any of various grasses of the genus Stipa)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kovylь (soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *kovylь | *kovyla | *kovyli |
genitive | *kovyla | *kovylu | *kovylь |
dative | *kovylu | *kovylema | *kovylemъ |
accusative | *kovylь | *kovyla | *kovylę̇ |
instrumental | *kovylьmь, *kovylemь* | *kovylema | *kovyli |
locative | *kovyli | *kovylu | *kovylixъ |
vocative | *kovylu | *kovyla | *kovyli |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kovylь/*kovylь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 15
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ковы́ль”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress