Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mačerъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *maca (“cat, pussy”) + *-erъ (“male suffix”). Compare *gǫserъ < *gǫsь.
Noun
*mačerъ m
Inflection
Declension of *mačerъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *mačerъ | *mačera | *mačeri |
genitive | *mačera | *mačeru | *mačerъ |
dative | *mačeru | *mačeroma | *mačeromъ |
accusative | *mačerъ | *mačera | *mačery |
instrumental | *mačerъmь, *mačeromь* | *mačeroma | *mačery |
locative | *mačerě | *mačeru | *mačerěxъ |
vocative | *mačere | *mačera | *mačeri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: ма́цу́р (mácúr)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mačerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 116