отъ

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Bulgarian

Preposition

отъ (ot)

  1. (obsolete) Pre-1945 spelling of от (ot).

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otъ.

Preposition

отъ (otŭ)

  1. from
  2. because of

References

  • Mali staroslavensko-hrvatski rječnik, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 2004

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *otъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic отъ (otŭ) and Old Polish ot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔtʊ//ˈɔtʊ//ˈɔːt/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔtʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔtʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈɔːt/

  • Hyphenation: о‧тъ

Preposition

отъ (otŭ) (pre-cluster form ото, + genitive)

  1. from
  2. because of

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: отъ (ot)
  • Russian: от (ot)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1902) “отъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 2 (Л – П), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 770

Russian

Pronunciation

Preposition

отъ (ot)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of от (ot).