отрок

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Russian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈotrək]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

о́трок (ótrokm anim (genitive о́трока, nominative plural о́троки, genitive plural о́троков, feminine отрокови́ца or отрочи́ца)

  1. (archaic, poetic or ironic) boy, adolescent (7–12 years old)
  2. (historical) junior retainer, soldier (in a medieval prince's armed retinue)
    Hypernym: дружи́нник (družínnik)

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Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отрок”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress