видра

Bulgarian

An otter.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvidrɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -idrɐ
• Syllabification^(key): ви‧дра
• Hyphenation^(key): вид‧ра

Noun

ви́дра • (vídra) f

1. (zoology) otter

Declension

Declension of ви́дра

	singular	plural
indefinite	ви́дра vídra	ви́дри vídri
definite	ви́драта vídrata	ви́дрите vídrite
vocative form	ви́дро vídro	ви́дри vídri

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvidra]

• Audio:

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Noun

видра • (vidra) f (plural видри, diminutive видричка)

1. otter

Declension

Declension of видра

	singular	plural
indefinite	видра (vidra)	видри (vidri)
definite unspecified	видрата (vidrata)	видрите (vidrite)
definite proximal	видрава (vidrava)	видриве (vidrive)
definite distal	видрана (vidrana)	видрине (vidrine)
vocative	видро (vidro)	видри (vidri)

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak vydra, from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Serbo-Croatian видра / vidra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvidra]
• Rhymes: -idra
• Hyphenation: ви‧дра

Noun

видра (vidra) f

1. otter
3. (figuratively) resourceful, cunning person

   Synonym: шурґут (šurgut)

Declension

Declension of видра (vidra)

	singular	plural
nominative	видра (vidra)	видри (vidri)
genitive	видри (vidri)	видрох (vidrox)
dative	видри (vidri)	видром (vidrom)
accusative	видру (vidru)	видри (vidri)
instrumental	видру (vidru)	видрами (vidrami)
locative	видри (vidri)	видрох (vidrox)
vocative	видро (vidro)	видри (vidri)

Related terms

nouns

• видрош m pers (vidroš)

References

• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M. (1995), “видра”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Сербско-руски словнїк [Serbian-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (А – Њ), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy, page 123
• Medʹeši, H.; Fejsa, M.; Timko-Djitko, O. (2010), “видра”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M.; Šlemender, M.; Čelʹovski, S. (2022), “otter”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 197

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós.

Noun

ви̏дра f (Latin spelling vȉdra)

1. otter

Declension

Declension of видра

	singular	plural
nominative	видра	видре
genitive	видре	видара / видри
dative	видри	видрама
accusative	видру	видре
vocative	видро	видре
locative	видри	видрама
instrumental	видром	видрама

Further reading

• “видра”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic выдра (vydra), from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɪdrɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ви́дра • (výdra) f animal (genitive ви́дри, nominative plural ви́дри, genitive plural видр)

1. otter

Declension

Declension of ви́дра
(animal hard fem-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	ви́дра výdra	ви́дри výdry
genitive	ви́дри výdry	видр vydr
dative	ви́дрі výdri	ви́драм výdram
accusative	ви́дру výdru	ви́дри, видр výdry, vydr
instrumental	ви́дрою výdroju	ви́драми výdramy
locative	ви́дрі výdri	ви́драх výdrax
vocative	ви́дро výdro	ви́дри výdry

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “видра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka