Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mačerъ

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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

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Etymology

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From *maca (cat, pussy) +‎ *-erъ (male suffix). Compare *gǫserъ < *gǫsь.

Noun

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*mačerъ m

  1. a male cat; tomcat

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*mačerъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 116