Russian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): [ʊˈrot]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ot

Noun edit

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

  1. monster
  2. ugly creature

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ուռոդ (uṙod)

See also edit

References edit

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