Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫtrь

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 *ǫtrò +‎ *-ь.

Noun

*ǫtrь m

  1. inside, core

Inflection

Declension of *ǫtrь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫtrь *ǫtri *ǫtrьje, *ǫtře*
genitive *ǫtri *ǫtrьju, *ǫtřu* *ǫtrьjь, *ǫtri*
dative *ǫtri *ǫtrьma *ǫtrьmъ
accusative *ǫtrь *ǫtri *ǫtri
instrumental *ǫtrьmь *ǫtrьma *ǫtrьmi
locative *ǫtri *ǫtrьju, *ǫtřu* *ǫtrьxъ
vocative *ǫtri *ǫtri *ǫtrьje, *ǫtře*

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ѭтрь (jǫtrĭ), ютрь (jutrĭ)
      • Ukrainian: отрь (otrʹ) (dialectal)
      • Russian: нутрь (nutrʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading

  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., Varbot, Zh. Zh., editors (2016), “*ǫtro / *ǫtrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 40 (*ǫborъkъ – *pakъla), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 85