Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic уродъ (urodŭ, feebleminded, witless, foolish), from Proto-Slavic *ǫrodъ, ancient deverbative of *roditi with nominal negative prefix *ǫ-, zero grade of *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊˈrot]
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  • Rhymes: -ot

Noun

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уро́д (uródm anim (genitive уро́да, nominative plural уро́ды, genitive plural уро́дов, feminine уро́дка, diminutive уро́дец)

  1. monster
  2. ugly creature

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ուռոդ (uṙod)
  • Estonian: urood

See also

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “урод”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress