kobita

See also: kobitą

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese কবিতা (kobita)

Noun

kobita

1. poem
2. poetry

Polish

Etymology

Dialectal form of kobieta. Compare bida.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈbi.ta/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [kɔˈbi.ta]
• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [kɔˈbi.ta]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Western Kraków) IPA^(key): [kɔˈbi.ta]
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [kɔˈbi.ta]

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• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: ko‧bi‧ta

Noun

kobita f (diminutive kobitka)

1. (colloquial or dialectal) woman (adult female human)
2. (colloquial or dialectal, Kuyavia, Far Masovian, Przasnysz, Western Kraków, Sławków, Przemyśl) woman (wife or lover)

   Moja kobita me kocha. (Kujawy) ― My wife loves me.

   Wysyła kobite swojo. (Far Masovian, Przasnysz) ― He's sending his wife.

   utoplecowa kobita (mythology, Western Kraków, Sławków, Olkusz County)

   wife of an utopiec appearing in the form of a frog

   Z kobito i dziećmi swemi. (Western Kraków) ― With his wife and kids.

   Na karczmie osadził pan ôgrodnika z jego kobitą. (Przemyśl)

   The lord settled the gardener and his wife at the inn.

Declension

Declension of kobita

	singular	plural
nominative	kobita	kobity
genitive	kobity	kobit
dative	kobicie	kobitom
accusative	kobitę	kobity
instrumental	kobitą	kobitami
locative	kobicie	kobitach
vocative	kobito	kobity

Middle Polish:

Attested forms of kobita

	singular	plural
nominative	kobita	—
genitive	—	—
dative	—	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
locative	—	—
vocative	—	—

Further reading

• kobita in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “kobieta”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387