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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rъtъ

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

Etymology

Probably related to Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to burrow, to dig”).

Noun

*rъtъ̏ m[1][2]

  1. beak, tooth
    → by extension: mouth
    Synonym: *usta
  2. cliff, hill
    Synonyms: *xъlmъ, *vьrxъ

Declension
Declension of *rъ̀tъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *rъ̀tъ *rъtà *rъtì
genitive *rъtà *rъtù *rъ̀tъ
dative *rъtù *rъtòma *rъtòmъ
accusative *rъ̀tъ *rъtà *rъtỳ
instrumental *rъtъ̀mь, *rъtòmь* *rъtòma *rъ̀ty
locative *rъtě̀ *rъtù *rъ̀těxъ
vocative *rъte *rъtà *rъtì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: рътъ (rŭtŭ, “point, beak”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: рътъ (rŭtŭ, “point, beak”) (Serbian Church Slavonic)
    • Bulgarian: рът (rǎt, “small but steep hill”)
    • Macedonian: ’рт (’rt, “cape”)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: р̏т (“point, peak, cliff, cape”), (gen. рта)
      Latin: ȑt (“point, peak, cliff, cape”), (gen. rta)
    • Slovene: r̀t (“point, beak, cape”) (tonal orthography), (gen. ŕtа (tonal orthography))
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: ret (“lip”) (gen. rtu)
    • Polabian: råt
    • Polish: narta (“ski”) (from "na rtach"), ret (“Buntsandstein peak”) (gen. retu)
    • Slovak: ret (“lip”) (gen. rtu)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: rót (“mouth”) (gen. rta)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “рот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рът¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 379
  • рот in Горох.ua (етимологія)

References
  1. Snoj, Marko (2016) “rt”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *rъtъ̏”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “rъtъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b mund (PR 134)”
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