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Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic отьчина (otĭčina), from Proto-Slavic *otьčina. By surface analysis, оте́ц (otéc) + -ина (-ina).
Pronunciation
Noun
во́тчина • (vótčina) f inan (genitive во́тчины, nominative plural во́тчины, genitive plural во́тчин)
- patrimonial estate, patrimony
- (figuratively) patrimony
Declension
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вотчина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress