стрый

Russian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *stru-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *struyós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *strujas

Proto-Slavic *strъjь

Russian стрый (stryj)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strъjь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [strɨj]

Noun

стрый • (stryj) m anim (genitive стры́я, nominative plural стры́и, genitive plural стры́ев)

1. (dated) paternal uncle

Declension

Declension of стрый (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	стры́й strýj	стры́и strýi
genitive	стры́я strýja	стры́ев strýjev
dative	стры́ю strýju	стры́ям strýjam
accusative	стры́я strýja	стры́ев strýjev
instrumental	стры́ем strýjem	стры́ями strýjami
prepositional	стры́е strýje	стры́ях strýjax

References

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