кобель

Russian

Etymology

Unclear. No cognates in other Slavic languages. Possibly related to Ossetian къӕбула (k’æbula, “young dog”). Trubachyov 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. (colloquial, disapproving, of a man) stud, bed-hopper

   су́чка не захо́чет — кобе́ль не вско́чит

   súčka ne zaxóčet — kobélʹ ne vskóčit

   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

• (male dog): пёс m (pjos)

References

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