Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьračь

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

From *vьrati (“to speak out, to utter a spell”) +‎ *-ačь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak”).

Noun

*vьračь m

  1. (originally) conjuror, enchanter

Inflection

Declension of *vьračь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *vьračь *vьrača *vьrači
genitive *vьrača *vьraču *vьračь
dative *vьraču *vьračema *vьračemъ
accusative *vьračь *vьrača *vьračę̇
instrumental *vьračьmь, *vьračemь* *vьračema *vьrači
locative *vьrači *vьraču *vьračixъ
vocative *vьraču *vьrača *vьrači

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: врачь (vračĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰲⱃⰰⱍⱐ (vračĭ)
      • → Old East Slavic: врачь (vračĭ)
        • Old Ruthenian: вра́чъ (vráč), вра́чь (vráčʹ)
          • Belarusian: ура́ч (uráč)
        • Russian: врач (vrač)
    • Bulgarian: вра̀ч (vràč)
    • Macedonian: врач (vrač)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: вра̑ч
      Latin script: vrȃč
    • Slovene: vráč (tonal orthography)

Further reading

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