котъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ (“cat”).

Pronunciation

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkoːtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkoːtʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːt/, /ˈkoːt/
  • Hyphenation: ко́тъ

Noun

котъ (kotŭ) m

  1. cat
  2. tomcat, male cat

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: котъ (kot)
    • Belarusian: кот (kot)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
    • Ukrainian: кіт (kit)
  • Russian: кот m (kot, “cat”)
    • ⇒ Russian: ко́тко (kótko, “kitten”) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “котъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1303

Old Ruthenian

котъ

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic котъ (kotŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kòtъ, further borrowed from Latin cattus. Cognate with Russian кот (kot), Old Polish kot and Old Czech kot.

Noun

котъ • (kot) m animal (feminine кошка or котка, related adjective котовый, diminutive котикъ)

  1. cat
    стоꙗчи на порогу ѡбачилъ чорные коты, ижъ ложко богача ѡоточили ― stojači na porohu obačil čornyje koty, iž ložko bohača ootočili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    нѣкоторыи кота, и пса, и волка, и малпꙋ… и иншіе речи створеные чтили ― někotoryj kota, i psa, i volka, i malpu… i inšije reči stvorenyje čtili ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. fur seal
    Піѳѵкъ: Котⸯ морскій, малпа, кочкодан, обезѧна ― Pifik: Kot morskij, malpa, kočkodan, obezjana ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • Belarusian: кот (kot)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: кот (kot) (regional, rare)
  • Ukrainian: кіт (kit)

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 64
  • Chikalo, M. I., editor (2010), “котъ”, in Словник української мови XVI – I пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61
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