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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech otrok, from Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
otrok m anim (female equivalent otrokyně)
- slave
Declension
Declension of otrok (velar masculine animate)
See also
Further reading
- “otrok”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “otrok”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “otrok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
otrok m pers (female equivalent otrokyni)
- slave, serf
- servant, labourer
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔtrɔk
- Syllabification: o‧trok
Noun
otrok m pers
- (obsolete, dialectal) servant, slave
- (obsolete, dialectal) boy, youngster
- (Far Masovian) husband
- Synonym: mąż
Declension
Further reading
- otrok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “otrok”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 756
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Old Slovak otrok, from Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
otrok m pers (female equivalent otrokyňa, relational adjective otrocký)
- slave
- Synonyms: nevoľník, (literary) rab, (dialectal) rob
Declension
Declension of
otrok (pattern
chlap)
Further reading
- “otrok”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
otrȍk m anim
- child (one’s son or daughter)
Inflection
Derived terms
Further reading
- “otrok”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024