кобель

Russian

Etymology

Unclear. No cognates in other Slavic languages. Possibly related to Ossetian къӕбила (k’æbila) къӕбыла (k’æbyla), къӕбула (k’æbula, “young dog”). Trubačov hypothesizes that the term originally referred to fur color, and explains it as *ко-бѣль, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈbʲelʲ]

Noun

кобе́ль • (kobélʹ) m anim (genitive кобеля́, nominative plural кобели́, genitive plural кобеле́й)

1. male dog
2. male wolf, fox, or bear

   лиси́ца-кобе́ль ― lisíca-kobélʹ ― male fox

3. (colloquial, disapproving, of a man) stud, bed-hopper

   Су́чка не захо́чет — кобе́ль не наско́чит!

   Súčka ne zaxóčet — kobélʹ ne naskóčit!

   If a bitch isn’t in heat, a dog won’t try to mount her!

Declension

Declension of кобе́ль (anim masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	кобе́ль kobélʹ	кобели́ kobelí
genitive	кобеля́ kobeljá	кобеле́й kobeléj
dative	кобелю́ kobeljú	кобеля́м kobeljám
accusative	кобеля́ kobeljá	кобеле́й kobeléj
instrumental	кобелём kobeljóm	кобеля́ми kobeljámi
prepositional	кобеле́ kobelé	кобеля́х kobeljáx

Synonyms

• пёс m (pjos)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 621–622
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кобель”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress