Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kǫpadlo

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

From *kǫpàti (“to take a bath”) +‎ *-dlo.

Noun

*kǫpadlo n

1. bathing place

   Synonyms: *kǫpadlišče, *kǫpělišče

Declension

Declension of *kǫpadlo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kǫpadlo	*kǫpadlě	*kǫpadla
genitive	*kǫpadla	*kǫpadlu	*kǫpadlъ
dative	*kǫpadlu	*kǫpadloma	*kǫpadlomъ
accusative	*kǫpadlo	*kǫpadlě	*kǫpadla
instrumental	*kǫpadlъmь, *kǫpadlomь*	*kǫpadloma	*kǫpadly
locative	*kǫpadlě	*kǫpadlu	*kǫpadlěxъ
vocative	*kǫpadlo	*kǫpadlě	*kǫpadla

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

Derived terms

nouns

• *kǫpadlišče n (“bathing place”)
• *kǫpadlьna f (“bath, bathtub”)

Related terms

nouns

• *kǫpanьje n (“bath”)
• *kǫpava f (“type of plant”)
• *kǫpělišče n (“bathing place”)
• *kǫpělь f (“bath”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кѫпало (kǫpalo, “baptist, baptizer”)
    • Belarusian: (dialectal) купа́ўло (kupáwlo)
    • ⇒ Russian: (dialectal) купа́ла f (kupála)
    • Ukrainian: купа́ло (kupálo)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: kùpalo

    Cyrillic script: ку̀пало

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: kupadlo
    • Czech: kupadlo, koupadlo
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kupadło
    • Upper Sorbian: kupadło

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Купало”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka