kołp

See also: kolp, Kolp, and kôłp

Lower Sorbian

kołp

Etymology

Borrowed from Upper Sorbian kołp. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kъlpь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔwp/
• Rhymes: -ɔwp
• Syllabification: kołp

Noun

kołp m anim (genitive singular kołpja, nominative plural kołpje)

1. (dialectal) swan (waterfowl of genus Cygnus)

Declension

Declension of kołp

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kołp	kołpja	kołpje
Genitive	kołpja	kołpjowu	kołpjow
Dative	kołpjoju	kołpjoma	kołpjam
Accusative	kołpja	kołpjowu	kołpje, kołpjow
Instrumental	kołpjom	kołpjoma	kołpjami
Locative	kołpju	kołpjoma	kołpjach

Synonyms

• son (archaic)
• šwon

References

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “kołp”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

kołp

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kъlpь. Cognate with Kashubian kôłp and Russian ко́лпик (kólpik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔwp/

Noun

kołp m animal (genitive singular kołpja, nominative plural kołpje)

1. swan (waterfowl of genus Cygnus)

Descendants

• → Lower Sorbian: kołp

Further reading

• “kołp” in Soblex

Vilamovian

kołp

Alternative forms

• kołb

Etymology

From Old High German kalb, from Proto-West Germanic *kalb, from Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *golbʰos. Cognate with German Kalb.

Noun

kołp n (plural kełwyn)

1. calf