kobila

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kobyla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒbila/
• Hyphenation: ko‧bi‧la

Noun

kòbila f (Cyrillic spelling ко̀била)

1. mare (female horse)

Declension

Declension of kobila

	singular	plural
nominative	kobila	kobile
genitive	kobile	kobila
dative	kobili	kobilama
accusative	kobilu	kobile
vocative	kobilo	kobile
locative	kobili	kobilama
instrumental	kobilom	kobilama

Descendants

• Slavomolisano: kobila

Slavomolisano

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian kobila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒbilḁ/

Noun

kobila f

1. mare (female horse)
   • 2010, Luigi Peca, La guerre à Acquaviva:

     Na jena kvart, di jimahma kobilu, ne biša več hiža, bi sa sfunala.

     In one part, where we had the mare, the house wasn’t there anymore, it had collapsed.

Declension

Declension of kobila (series-2a fem)

	singular	plural
nominative	kobila	kobile
genitive	kobile	kobili
dative	kobilu	kobili
accusative	kobilu	kobile
locative	kobilu	kobile
instrumental	kobilom	kobili

References

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kobyla. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔbìːla/

Noun

kobíla f

1. mare (female horse)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	kobíla
gen. sing.	kobíle
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kobíla	kobíli	kobíle
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kobíle	kobíl	kobíl
dative (dajȃlnik)	kobíli	kobílama	kobílam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kobílo	kobíli	kobíle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kobíli	kobílah	kobílah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kobílo	kobílama	kobílami

Further reading

• “kobila”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026