Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/korabľь

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 earlier *karabja, borrowed from Ancient Greek καράβιον (karábion) or κάραβος (kárabos, “boat, crab, beetle”) (Modern Greek καράβι (karávi, “ship, boat”)). Could have been influenced by or confused with *korbъ (“basket”).

According to ESSJa, from adjective *korb-jo-, from *korbъ.

Noun

*korãbľь m[1]

ship

Inflection

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Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: корабль (korablĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: корабль (korablʹ)
    - Belarusian: карабе́ль (karabjélʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: корабе́ль (korabélʹ)
    - Ukrainian: корабе́ль (korabélʹ)
  - Russian: кора́бль (koráblʹ), кора́бель (korábelʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: корабл҄ь (korablʹĭ), корабь (korabĭ)
- Bulgarian: ко́раб (kórab)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: kòrablja
  
  Cyrillic script: ко̀рабља
West Slavic:
- Czech: koráb
- Polish: korab (genitive: korabia)
- Slovak: koráb
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: korabje

Non-Slavic:
→ Romanian: corabie

References

Olander, Thomas (2001), “korabjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b skib (SA 146; PR 134)”

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[1] Olander, Thomas (2001), “korabjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b skib (SA 146; PR 134)”