кобь

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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *kobь. Cognate with Old Norse happ (good luck), Old Irish cob (victory).

Noun

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кобь (kobĭf

  1. fate

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Bulgarian: коба (koba), прокоба (prokoba)
  • Serbo-Croatian: коб/kob

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic кобь (kobĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kobь. Cognate with Bulgarian коба (koba), прокоба (prokoba, ill fate, portent), Serbo-Croatian коб/kob (fate). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Norse happ (good luck), Old Irish cob (victory).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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кобь (kobʹf inan (genitive ко́би, nominative plural ко́би, genitive plural ко́бей)

  1. (obsolete) augury, specifically through the flight of birds, ornithomancy

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