котъ

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

котъ (kotŭ) m

1. cat
2. tomcat, male cat

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

• 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1303

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.

котъ • (transliteration needed) m anim (feminine кошка or котка, related adjective котовый, diminutive котикъ)

1. cat
   • стоꙗчи на порогу ѡбачилъ чорные коты, ижъ ложко богача ѡоточили ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
   • нѣкоторыи кота, и пса, и волка, и малпꙋ… и иншіе речи створеные чтили ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
2. fur seal
   • Піѳѵкъ: Котⸯ морскій, малпа, кочкодан, обезѧна ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “котъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), issue 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), issue 15 (конь – легковѣрны), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 61