Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьračь

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 *vьrati (“to speak out, to utter a spell”) +‎ *-ačь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“to speak”).

Noun

*vьračь m

1. (originally) conjuror, enchanter

Inflection

Declension of *vьračь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vьračь	*vьrača	*vьrači
genitive	*vьrača	*vьraču	*vьračь
dative	*vьraču	*vьračema	*vьračemъ
accusative	*vьračь	*vьrača	*vьračę̇
instrumental	*vьračьmь, *vьračemь*	*vьračema	*vьrači
locative	*vьrači	*vьraču	*vьračixъ
vocative	*vьraču	*vьrača	*vьrači

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

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: врачь (vračĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰲⱃⰰⱍⱐ (vračĭ)

    • → Old East Slavic: врачь (vračĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: вра́чъ (vráč), вра́чь (vráčʹ)
        • Belarusian: ура́ч (uráč)
      • Russian: врач (vrač)
  • Bulgarian: вра̀ч (vràč)
  • Macedonian: врач (vrač)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вра̑ч

    Latin script: vrȃč

  • Slovene: vráč (tonal orthography)

Further reading

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