Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/urokъ

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 *ureťi +‎ *-ъ (< *u- +‎ *reťi) or formed as *u- +‎ *rokъ (“stream (of time, speech, etc)”) (< *reťi (“to speak”)).

Noun

*urokъ m

verbal agreement, contract
evil eye, curse, spell
lesson, lecture

Inflection

Declension of *urokъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*urokъ	*uroka	*uroci
Accusative	*urokъ	*uroka	*uroky
Genitive	*uroka	*uroku	*urokъ
Locative	*urocě	*uroku	*urocěxъ
Dative	*uroku	*urokoma	*urokomъ
Instrumental	urokъmь, urokomь^*	*urokoma	*uroky
Vocative	*uroče	*uroka	*uroci

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

Derived terms

*uročiti (“to accord”)
*uročьnъ (“agreed upon”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: урокъ (urokŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: уро́къ (urók), вро́къ (vrók)
    - Belarusian: уро́к (urók)
    - Ukrainian: уро́к (urók)
  - Russian: уро́к (urók)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: оурокъ (urokŭ)
- Bulgarian: уро́к (urók)
- Macedonian: урок (urok)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: урок
  Latin: urok
- Slovene: uròk (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: úrok (“interest”)
- Polish: urok (“charm, spell”)

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “урок”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Chernykh, P. (1993), “урок”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 292
Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “урокъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1257