ūdra
See also: udrà and ūdrā
Latvian
Noun
ūdra m
- genitive singular form of ūdrs
Noun
ūdra m
- (dialectal form) genitive singular form of ūdris
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ū́ˀdrāˀ; compare Latvian ûdrs, Old Prussian udro, Proto-Slavic *vỳdra (“otter”)[1], from Proto-Indo-European *udreh₂, a substantivized feminine of *udrós (“aquatic, of water”). Compare Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “sea serpent”), Latin lutra (“otter”).[2]
The long vowel and acute accuentation are reflexes of Winter's Law (compare vanduõ (“water”), where Winter's law was blocked).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈuːdrɐ/
Noun
ū́dra f (plural ū́dros) stress pattern 1
- otter (Lutra lutra)
Declension
declension of ūdra
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | ū́dra | ū́dros |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | ū́dros | ū́drų |
| dative (naudininkas) | ū́drai | ū́droms |
| accusative (galininkas) | ū́drą | ū́dras |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | ū́dra | ū́dromis |
| locative (vietininkas) | ū́droje | ū́drose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | ū́dra | ū́dros |
Derived terms
- ūdrinis
- ūdrena
Related terms
- vanduo
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 477
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 355