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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mačerъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *maca (“cat, pussy”) + *-erъ (“male suffix”). Compare *gǫserъ < *gǫsь.
Noun
*mačerъ m
- a male cat; tomcat
Inflection
Declension of *mačerъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mačerъ | *mačera | *mačeri |
| Accusative | *mačerъ | *mačera | *mačery |
| Genitive | *mačera | *mačeru | *mačerъ |
| Locative | *mačerě | *mačeru | *mačerěxъ |
| Dative | *mačeru | *mačeroma | *mačeromъ |
| Instrumental | *mačerъmь, *mačeromь* | *mačeroma | *mačery |
| Vocative | *mačere | *mačera | *mačeri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: ма́чор (máčor)
- Macedonian: ма́чор (máčor)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мачор, мачур
- Latin: mačor, mačur
- East Slavic:
- Ukrainian: ма́цу́р (mácúr)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mačerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 116