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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kopa
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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
Resultant noun of *kopati (“to dig”) + *-a, cognate with Latvian kaps (“grave”), Lithuanian kãpas (“grave”).
Declension
Declension of *kopà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *kopà | *kȍpě | *kȍpy |
| Accusative | *kȍpǫ | *kȍpě | *kȍpy |
| Genitive | *kopý | *kopù | *kòpъ |
| Locative | *kȍpě | *kopù | *kopàsъ, *kopàxъ* |
| Dative | *kopě̀ | *kopàma | *kopàmъ |
| Instrumental | *kopojǫ́ | *kopàma | *kopàmi |
| Vocative | *kopo | *kȍpě | *kȍpy |
* -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.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “копа́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopa”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 11
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “копа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 607
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*kopa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 232: “f. ā ‘heap, shock’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “kopa kopy”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c bunke (PR 138)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “kópa”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*kopa̋”
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