коба
/[ˈkɔbɐ]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.bad omen, ill fate
- 2.formalpoeticdoom, fatality, damnation
- 3.dialectalcursed child → child which cries a lot or is often sick
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- кобя́
- коба́р
- коби́я
- ко́бник
- ко́бница
- проко́ба
- злоко́ба
Synonyms
- обре́ченост
- предопределе́ност
- проко́ба
- зла у́част
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *koba, an alternative form of Proto-Slavic *kobь, whence Old Church Slavonic кобь (kobĭ, “destiny”). BER further relates it with dialectal кобе́ц (kobéc, “sparrowhawk”), presumingly of expressive origin.
Forms
- ко́баcanonical • feminine
- kóbaromanization
- ко́бенadjective • relational
- ко́баindefinite • singular
- ко́биindefinite • plural
- ко́батаdefinite • singular
- ко́битеdefinite • plural