Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/jьgračь

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 *jьgrati (“to play”) +‎ *-čь.

Noun

*jьgračь m

1. player

Declension

Declension of *jьgračь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*jьgračь	*jьgrača	*jьgrači
genitive	*jьgrača	*jьgraču	*jьgračь
dative	*jьgraču	*jьgračema	*jьgračemъ
accusative	*jьgračь	*jьgrača	*jьgračę̇
instrumental	*jьgračьmь, *jьgračemь*	*jьgračema	*jьgrači
locative	*jьgrači	*jьgraču	*jьgračixъ
vocative	*jьgraču	*jьgrača	*jьgrači

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: играчъ (ihrač), грачъ (hrač), ґрачъ (grač), кграчъ (grač)
    • Belarusian: ігра́ч (ihráč)
    • Ukrainian: грач (hrač), (rare) ігра́ч (ihráč)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: играч (igrač)
  • Macedonian: играч (igrač)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: играч

    Latin script: igrač

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jhráč
    • Czech: hráč
  • Kashubian: grôcz
  • Old Polish: igracz
    • Polish: gracz, grácz (obsolete or dialectal)
  • Polabian: jaigroc
  • Slovak: hráč
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: grac

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1985), “іграч”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 3 (га! – інчэ́), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 367