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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korabľь
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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
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos, “boat, crab, beetle”) (Modern Greek καράβι (karávi, “ship, boat”)). Could have been influenced by or confused with *korbъ (“basket”).
According to ESSJa, from adjective *korb-jo-, from *korbъ.
Inflection
Declension of *korãbľь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *korãbľь | *korābľà | *korābľì |
| Accusative | *korãbľь | *korābľà | *korābľę̇̀ |
| Genitive | *korābľà | *korābľù | *korãbľь |
| Locative | *korābľì | *korābľù | *korãbľixъ |
| Dative | *korābľù | *korābľèma | *korãbľemъ |
| Instrumental | *korābľь̀mь, *korābľèmь* | *korābľèma | *korãbľi |
| Vocative | *korabľu | *korābľà | *korābľì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: koráb
- Polish: korab (genitive: korabia)
- Slovak: koráb
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: korabje
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: corabie
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*korabjь / *korabъ / *korabь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “korabjь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b skib (SA 146; PR 134)”
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