Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xytrьcь

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

By surface analysis, *xytrъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*xytrьcь m[1]

  1. sly person

Declension

Declension of *xytrьcь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *xytrьcь *xytrьca *xytrьci
genitive *xytrьca *xytrьcu *xytrьcь
dative *xytrьcu *xytrьcema *xytrьcemъ
accusative *xytrьcь *xytrьca *xytrьcę̇
instrumental *xytrьcьmь, *xytrьcemь* *xytrьcema *xytrьci
locative *xytrьci *xytrьcu *xytrьcixъ
vocative *xytrьče *xytrьca *xytrьci

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хꙑтрьць (xytrĭcĭ), хитрьць (xitrĭcĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: хитрецъ (xitrecʹ)
      • Russian: хитре́ц (xitréc)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱈⱏⰺⱅⱃⱐⱌⱐ (xytrĭcĭ)
      Old Cyrillic script: хꙑтрьць (xytrĭcĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: хитрац
      Latin script: hitrac
    • Slovene: hítrc (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: chytřec
      • Czech: chytřec (obsolete)
    • Old Polish: chytrzec

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xytrьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 164