Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ratь

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

Alternative reconstruction

*ortь

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly cognate with Latvian rēta (“scar”).^[1]

Noun

*ratь f (West Slavic)

cloven hoof

Declension

Declension of *ratь (i-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ratь	*rati	*rati
genitive	*rati	ratьju, raťu^*	ratьjь, rati^*
dative	*rati	*ratьma	*ratьmъ
accusative	*ratь	*rati	*rati
instrumental	ratьjǫ, raťǫ^*	*ratьma	*ratьmi
locative	*rati	ratьju, raťu^*	*ratьxъ
vocative	*rati	*rati	*rati

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

West Slavic:
- - Czech: rať (dialectal)
- Old Polish: rać
  - Polish: racica
- Slovak: ratica

References

^ Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*ortь/*ratь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 214

Václav Machek (1968) “rať”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 509
Králik, Ľubor (2016) “ratica”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 492

[1] Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*ortь/*ratь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 214

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