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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *arˀtāˀjas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”).
Noun
*ortajь m
- ploughman
- farmer
Declension
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ратаи (ratai)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ра́тай”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress