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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
о́трок • (ótrok) m anim (genitive о́трока, nominative plural о́троки, genitive plural о́троков, feminine отрокови́ца or отрочи́ца, relational adjective о́троческий)
- (archaic, poetic or ironic) boy, adolescent (7–12 years old)
- (historical) junior retainer, soldier (in a medieval prince's armed retinue)
- Hypernym: дружи́нник (družínnik)
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отрок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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