Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motyřь

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

Alternative forms

• *motyra

Etymology

From *motъ or *motati (“to wind”) +‎ *-yřь.

Noun

*motyřь f

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Inflection

Declension of *motyřь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*motyřь	*motyřa	*motyři
genitive	*motyřa	*motyřu	*motyřь
dative	*motyřu	*motyřema	*motyřemъ
accusative	*motyřь	*motyřa	*motyřę̇
instrumental	*motyřьmь, *motyřemь*	*motyřema	*motyři
locative	*motyři	*motyřu	*motyřixъ
vocative	*motyřu	*motyřa	*motyři

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: мо́ты́рь (mótýrʹ)

References

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motyra / *motyrjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 88