Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъtyrь

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

*vidъ *kъtyri (Leptogaster cylindrica)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably a derivative in *-yrь (“agentive suffix”) with unclear root.

Trubachev (ESSJa) compares it with Upper Sorbian kuntwora (“mosquito”), Lower Sorbian kuntwor (“mosquito”), possibly reflecting pre-Sorbian *kǫ- +‎ *tvorъ (“creature”).

Noun

*kъtyrь m

1. robber fly (or any predatory fly in general)

Inflection

Declension of *kъtyrь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*kъtyrь	*kъtyri	*kъtyrьje, *kъtyře*
genitive	*kъtyri	*kъtyrьju, *kъtyřu*	*kъtyrьjь, *kъtyri*
dative	*kъtyri	*kъtyrьma	*kъtyrьmъ
accusative	*kъtyrь	*kъtyri	*kъtyri
instrumental	*kъtyrьmь	*kъtyrьma	*kъtyrьmi
locative	*kъtyri	*kъtyrьju, *kъtyřu*	*kъtyrьxъ
vocative	*kъtyri	*kъtyri	*kъtyrьje, *kъtyře*

^* 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).

Derived terms

• *kъtyrevъ (relative adjective)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ктырь (ktyrʹ)
  • Russian: ктырь (ktyrʹ)
  • Ukrainian: ктир (ktyr)

Non-Slavic descendants:

• ⇒ Translingual: Ktyr

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ктырь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъtyrь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 248