отрок

Russian

Alternative forms

о́трокъ (ótrok) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otrokъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈotrək]
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Noun

о́трок • (ótrok) m anim (genitive о́трока, nominative plural о́троки, genitive plural о́троков, feminine отрокови́ца or отрочи́ца)

(archaic, poetic or ironic) boy, adolescent (7–12 years old)
(historical) junior retainer, soldier (in a medieval prince's armed retinue)
Hypernym: дружи́нник (družínnik)

Declension

Declension of о́трок (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	о́трок ótrok	о́троки ótroki
genitive	о́трока ótroka	о́троков ótrokov
dative	о́троку ótroku	о́трокам ótrokam
accusative	о́трока ótroka	о́троков ótrokov
instrumental	о́троком ótrokom	о́троками ótrokami
prepositional	о́троке ótroke	о́троках ótrokax
vocative	о́троче ótroče

Derived terms

о́троческий (ótročeskij)
о́трочество (ótročestvo)

Further reading

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “отрок”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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