Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kosorь

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

Alternative forms

• *kosorъ

Etymology

From *kosa +‎ *-orь.

Noun

*kosorь m

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Declension

Declension of *kosorь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kosorь	*kosori	*kosorьje, *kosoře*
genitive	*kosori	*kosorьju, *kosořu*	*kosorьjь, *kosori*
dative	*kosori	*kosorьma	*kosorьmъ
accusative	*kosorь	*kosori	*kosori
instrumental	*kosorьmь	*kosorьma	*kosorьmi
locative	*kosori	*kosorьju, *kosořu*	*kosorьxъ
vocative	*kosori	*kosori	*kosorьje, *kosoře*

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *kosarь
• *kosatъ
• *koserъ / *kosera
• *kosica (“scalpel, small chisel”)
• *kosidlo (“sheaf ready for mowing”)
• *kosovьje
• *kosovišče
• *kosovidlo
• *kosьje
• *kosьnъ (“curved, tilted”)
• *kosьnikъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: косор (kosor)
  • Ukrainian: косорий (kosoryj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: косорь (kosorĭ)

  • Bulgarian: косор (kosor)
  • Macedonian: косор (kosor)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: косор

    Latin script: kosor

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Kosoř
  • Polabian: ťösör
  • Slovak: kosor

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kosorь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 151