Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/patračь

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 *patrati (“to look at”) +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*patračь m^[1]

(West Slavic) observer

Declension

Declension of *patračь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*patračь	*patrača	*patrači
genitive	*patrača	*patraču	*patračь
dative	*patraču	*patračema	*patračemъ
accusative	*patračь	*patrača	*patračę̇
instrumental	patračьmь, patračemь^*	*patračema	*patrači
locative	*patrači	*patraču	*patračixъ
vocative	*patraču	*patrača	*patrači

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

Descendants

West Slavic:
- Czech: pátrač
- Polish: patrzacz (rare)
- Slovak: pátrač

References

^ Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2018), “*patr⁽'⁾ačь / *patrakъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 41 (*pala – *pažьnъ(јь)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234