Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kupъ

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kā́ˀupas m, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂wp-os, from *keh₂wp-. Cognate with Lithuanian kaũpas, káupas (“heap”), Proto-Germanic *haupaz.

Noun

*kùpъ m

1. heap, mound

Inflection

Declension of *kùpъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kùpъ	*kùpa	*kùpi
genitive	*kùpa	*kùpu	*kùpъ
dative	*kùpu	*kùpoma	*kùpomъ
accusative	*kùpъ	*kùpa	*kùpy
instrumental	*kùpъmь, *kùpomь*	*kùpoma	*kùpȳ
locative	*kùpě	*kùpu	*kùpě̄xъ
vocative	*kùpe	*kùpa	*kùpi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Declension of *kùpъ (u-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kùpъ	*kùpy	*kùpove
genitive	*kùpu	*kùpovu	*kùpovъ
dative	*kùpovi	*kùpъma	*kùpъmъ
accusative	*kùpъ	*kùpy	*kùpy
instrumental	*kùpъmь	*kùpъma	*kùpъmī
locative	*kùpū	*kùpovu	*kùpъxъ
vocative	*kùpu	*kùpy	*kùpove

Related terms

• *kupa

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Russian: вку́пе (vkúpe) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: коупъ (kupŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰽⱆⱂⱏ (kupŭ)

  • Bulgarian: куп (kup)
  • Macedonian: куп (kup)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ку̏п

    Latin script: kȕp

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): kȕp
    • Chakavian (Vrgada): kȕp
  • Slovene: kȕp

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “купа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kupъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 114