Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ratь

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 This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative reconstruction

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly cognate with Latvian rēta (“scar”).[1]

Noun

*ratь f (West Slavic)

  1. cloven hoof

Declension

Declension of *ratь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ratь *rati *rati
genitive *rati *ratьju, *raťu* *ratьjь, *rati*
dative *rati *ratьma *ratьmъ
accusative *ratь *rati *rati
instrumental *ratьjǫ, *raťǫ* *ratьma *ratьmi
locative *rati *ratьju, *raťu* *ratьxъ
vocative *rati *rati *rati
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
      • Czech: rať (dialectal)
    • Old Polish: rać
    • Slovak: ratica

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*ortь/*ratь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 214

Further reading

  • Machek, Václav (1968) “rať”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 509
  • Králik, Ľubor (2016) “ratica”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 492
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