Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rъtъ

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

Probably related to Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to burrow, to dig”).

Noun

*rъtъ̏ m

1. beak, tooth

   → by extension: mouth

   Synonym: *usta

2. cliff, hill

   Synonyms: *xъlmъ, *vьrxъ

Declension

Declension of *rъ̀tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rъ̀tъ	*rъtà	*rъtì
genitive	*rъtà	*rъtù	*rъ̀tъ
dative	*rъtù	*rъtòma	*rъtòmъ
accusative	*rъ̀tъ	*rъtà	*rъtỳ
instrumental	*rъtъ̀mь, *rъtòmь*	*rъtòma	*rъ̀ty
locative	*rъtě̀	*rъtù	*rъ̀těxъ
vocative	*rъte	*rъtà	*rъtì

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

Related terms

• *ryti (“to burrow, to dig”)
• *rydlo (“plough”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: рътъ (rŭtŭ, “point, beak”)
    • Belarusian: рот (rot, “mouth”) (gen. ро́та (róta))
    • Russian: рот (rot, “mouth”) (gen. рта (rta), ро́та (róta) (dialectal))
    • Ukrainian: рот (rot, “mouth”) (gen. ро́та (róta))
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: рътъ (rŭtŭ, “point, beak”) (Serbian Church Slavonic)
  • Bulgarian: рът (rǎt, “small but steep hill”)
  • Macedonian: ’рт (’rt, “cape”)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: р̏т (“point, peak, cliff, cape”), (gen. рта)

    Latin: ȑt (“point, peak, cliff, cape”), (gen. rta)

  • Slovene: r̀t (“point, beak, cape”) (tonal orthography), (gen. ŕtа (tonal orthography))
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: ret (“lip”) (gen. rtu)
  • Polabian: råt
  • Polish: narta (“ski”) (from "na rtach"), ret (“Buntsandstein peak”) (gen. retu)
  • Slovak: ret (“lip”) (gen. rtu)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: rót (“mouth”) (gen. rta)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рът¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 379
• рот in Горох.ua (етимологія)