кобь

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

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

Noun

кобь • (kobĭ) f

1. fate

Declension

Declension of кобь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	кобь kobĭ	коби kobi	коби kobi
genitive	коби kobi	кобью, кобию kobĭju, kobiju	кобьи, кобии kobĭi, kobii
dative	коби kobi	кобьма kobĭma	кобьмъ kobĭmŭ
accusative	кобь kobĭ	коби kobi	коби kobi
instrumental	кобьѭ, кобиѭ kobĭjǫ, kobijǫ	кобьма kobĭma	кобьми kobĭmi
locative	коби kobi	кобью, кобию kobĭju, kobiju	кобьхъ kobĭxŭ
vocative	коби kobi	коби kobi	кобьѥ, кобиѥ kobĭje, kobije

Descendants

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

References

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

Russian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [kopʲ]

Noun

кобь • (kobʹ) f inan (genitive ко́би, nominative plural ко́би, genitive plural ко́бей)

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

Declension

Declension of кобь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ко́бь kóbʹ	ко́би kóbi
genitive	ко́би kóbi	ко́бей kóbej
dative	ко́би kóbi	ко́бям kóbjam
accusative	ко́бь kóbʹ	ко́би kóbi
instrumental	ко́бью kóbʹju	ко́бями kóbjami
prepositional	ко́би kóbi	ко́бях kóbjax

References

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “кобь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress