Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьračь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *vьrati (“to speak out, to utter a spell”) + *-ačь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak”).
Noun
edit*vьračь m
Inflection
editDeclension of *vьračь (soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *vьračь | *vьrača | *vьrači |
genitive | *vьrača | *vьraču | *vьračь |
dative | *vьraču | *vьračema | *vьračemъ |
accusative | *vьračь | *vьrača | *vьračę̇ |
instrumental | *vьračьmь, *vьračemь* | *vьračema | *vьrači |
locative | *vьrači | *vьraču | *vьračixъ |
vocative | *vьraču | *vьrača | *vьrači |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
edit- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: вра̀ч (vràč)
- Macedonian: врач (vrač)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: vráč (tonal orthography)
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “врач”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress