Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kukoba
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, *kukъ + *-oba.
Noun
[edit]*kukoba f[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of *kukoba (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kukoba | *kukobě | *kukoby |
| genitive | *kukoby | *kukobu | *kukobъ |
| dative | *kukobě | *kukobama | *kukobamъ |
| accusative | *kukobǫ | *kukobě | *kukoby |
| instrumental | *kukobojǫ, *kukobǫ** | *kukobama | *kukobami |
| locative | *kukobě | *kukobu | *kukobasъ, *kukobaxъ* |
| vocative | *kukobo | *kukobě | *kukoby |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kukoba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 90