Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgrъ

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

Akin to German Engerling, Lithuanian ánkštara and Old High German angar.

Noun

*ǫgrъ m

1. bug, larva

   Synonyms: *bǫba, *xrobakъ

2. blackhead, comedo, pimple

   Synonym: *pryščь

Inflection

Declension of *ǫgrъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ǫgrъ	*ǫgra	*ǫgri
genitive	*ǫgra	*ǫgru	*ǫgrъ
dative	*ǫgru	*ǫgroma	*ǫgromъ
accusative	*ǫgrъ	*ǫgra	*ǫgry
instrumental	*ǫgrъmь, *ǫgromь*	*ǫgroma	*ǫgry
locative	*ǫgrě	*ǫgru	*ǫgrěxъ
vocative	*ǫgre	*ǫgra	*ǫgri

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: вуго́р (vuhór)
  • Russian: у́горь (úgorʹ)
  • Ukrainian: вуго́р (vuhór)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: у́гър (úgǎr), у́гар (úgar), въ́гър (vǎ́gǎr), я́гър (jágǎr) (regional)
  • ⇒ Bulgarian: въгаре́ц (vǎgaréc)
  • ⇒ Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: у̀грк

    Latin script: ugrk

  • ⇒ Slovene: о̣̑grс, ogŕc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: uher
  • Polish: wągier, wągr
  • Slovak: uhor
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: huger
    • Upper Sorbian: wuhra

See also

• *ǫgorь

Further reading

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