выдра
Belarusian
Etymology
From Old Belarusian выдра (vydra), from Old East Slavic выдра (vydra), from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós.
Pronunciation
Noun
вы́дра • (výdra) f animal (genitive вы́дры, nominative plural вы́дры, genitive plural вы́драў)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | вы́дра výdra |
вы́дры výdry |
| genitive | вы́дры výdry |
вы́драў výdraŭ |
| dative | вы́дры výdry |
вы́драм výdram |
| accusative | вы́дру výdru |
вы́драў výdraŭ |
| instrumental | вы́драй, вы́драю výdraj, výdraju |
вы́драмі výdrami |
| locative | вы́дры výdry |
вы́драх výdrax |
| count form | — | вы́дры1 výdry1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “выдра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic выдра (vydra), from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, whence English otter and Sanskrit उद्र (udra). Doublet of ги́дра (gídra), which was borrowed from Greek.
Pronunciation
Noun
вы́дра • (výdra) f anim (genitive вы́дры, nominative plural вы́дры, genitive plural выдр, relational adjective вы́дряный or вы́дровый, diminutive вы́дрочка)
- otter (mammal)
- (derogatory) mean, ugly woman
Declension
Related terms
- вода́ f (vodá)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “выдра”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “выдра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 173