Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kovylь

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

Alternative reconstructions

*kovylъ

Etymology

According to ESSJa, a verbal noun of *kovati (“to forge”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍅𐌹 (hawi, “grass, hay”).

Noun

*kovylь m

feathergrass (any of various grasses of the genus Stipa)

Declension

Declension of *kovylь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kovylь	*kovyla	*kovyli
genitive	*kovyla	*kovylu	*kovylь
dative	*kovylu	*kovylema	*kovylemъ
accusative	*kovylь	*kovyla	*kovylę̇
instrumental	kovylьmь, kovylemь^*	*kovylema	*kovyli
locative	*kovyli	*kovylu	*kovylixъ
vocative	*kovylu	*kovyla	*kovyli

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ковꙑль (kovylĭ), ковꙑла f (kovyla)
  - Belarusian: кавы́ль (kavýlʹ)
  - Russian: ковы́ль (kovýlʹ); ковы́л (kovýl), ковы́ла f (kovýla) (dialectal)
  - Ukrainian: кови́ла f (kovýla)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: кови́л (kovíl); куви́л (kuvíl) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: ковил (kovil)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ко̏вӣље n; ко̏вӣља f (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: kȍvīlje n; kȍvīlja f (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Czech: kovyl, kavyl
- Slovak: kavyľ
- Sorbian:
  Upper Sorbian: kowjel