выдра

Belarusian

Etymology

From Old Belarusian выдра, from Old East Slavic выдра (vydra), from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɨdra]

Noun

вы́дра (výdra) f animal (genitive вы́дры, nominative plural вы́дры, genitive plural вы́драў)

  1. otter

Declension

References

  • выдра” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic выдра (vydra), from Proto-Slavic *vydra, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ūdrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, whence English otter and Sanskrit उद्र (udra). Doublet of ги́дра (gídra), which was borrowed from Greek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɨdrə]

Noun

вы́дра (výdra) f anim (genitive вы́дры, nominative plural вы́дры, genitive plural выдр, related adjective вы́дряный or вы́дровый, diminutive вы́дрочка)

  1. otter (mammal)
  2. (derogatory) mean, ugly woman

Declension

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