Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ǫgrъ

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

Etymology

Akin to German Engerling, Lithuanian ánkštara and Old High German angar.

Noun

*ǫgrъ m

  1. bug, larva
    Synonyms: *bǫba, *xrobakъ
  2. blackhead, comedo, pimple
    Synonym: *pryščь

Inflection

Declension of *ǫgrъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *ǫgrъ *ǫgra *ǫgri
genitive *ǫgra *ǫgru *ǫgrъ
dative *ǫgru *ǫgroma *ǫgromъ
accusative *ǫgrъ *ǫgra *ǫgry
instrumental *ǫgrъmь, *ǫgromь* *ǫgroma *ǫgry
locative *ǫgrě *ǫgru *ǫgrěxъ
vocative *ǫgre *ǫgra *ǫgri

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: вуго́р (vuhór)
    • Russian: у́горь (úgorʹ)
    • Ukrainian: вуго́р (vuhór)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: у́гър (úgǎr), у́гар (úgar), въ́гър (vǎ́gǎr), я́гър (jágǎr) (regional)
    • Bulgarian: въгаре́ц (vǎgaréc)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: у̀грк
      Latin script: ugrk
    • Slovene: о̣̑grс, ogŕc (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

See also

Further reading

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