свекрꙑ

See also: свёкры

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svekry, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂.

Noun

свекрꙑ • (svekry) f

1. mother-in-law

Declension

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	свекрꙑ svekry	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръви svekrŭvi
genitive	свекръве svekrŭve	свекръвоу svekrŭvu	свекръвъ svekrŭvŭ
dative	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръвама svekrŭvama	свекръвамъ svekrŭvamŭ
accusative	свекръвь svekrŭvĭ	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръви svekrŭvi
instrumental	свекръвьѭ, свекръвиѭ svekrŭvĭjǫ, svekrŭvijǫ	свекръвама svekrŭvama	свекръвами svekrŭvami
locative	свекръве svekrŭve	свекръвоу svekrŭvu	свекръвахъ svekrŭvaxŭ
vocative	свекрꙑ svekry	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръви svekrŭvi

Declension of свекрꙑ (v-stem)

See also

• свекръ

отьчьство (otĭčĭstvo, “family”)	Male	Female
parent родител҄ь (roditelʹĭ)	отьць (otĭcĭ), авва (avva, “father”)	мати (mati, “mother”)
sibling	братръ (bratrŭ, “brother”)	сестра (sestra, “sister”)
child	сꙑнъ (synŭ, “son”)	дъщи (dŭšti, “daughter”)
grandparent	дѣдъ (dědŭ, “grandfather”)	баба (baba, “grandmother”)
grandchild	въноукъ (vŭnukŭ, “grandson”)	– (“granddaughter”)
great-grandparent	прѣдѣдъ (prědědŭ, “great-grandfather”)	– (“great-grandmother”)
mother's sibling	оуи (ui, “maternal uncle”)	– (“maternal aunt”)
father's sibling	стрꙑи (stryi, “paternal uncle”)	– (“paternal aunt”)
sibling's child	братанъ (bratanŭ), сꙑновь (synovĭ), сꙑновьць (synovĭcĭ, “nephew”)	братана (bratana, “niece”)
cousin	братоучѧдъ (bratučędŭ, “male cousin”)	братоучѧда (bratučęda, “female cousin”)
spouse	мѫжь (mǫžĭ), чрьтожьникъ (črĭtožĭnikŭ), малъженъ (malŭženŭ, “husband”)	жена (žena), чрьтожьница (črĭtožĭnica), съложь (sŭložĭ, “wife”)
parent of wife	тьсть (tĭstĭ, “father-in-law (wife's father)”)	тьща (tĭšta, “mother-in-law (wife's mother)”)
parent of husband	свекръ (svekrŭ, “father-in-law (husband's father)”)	свекрꙑ (svekry, “mother-in-law (husband's father)”)
sibling of husband	дєвєръ (deverŭ, “brother-in-law (husband's brother)”)	зълꙑ (zŭly, “sister-in-law (husband's sister)”)
spouse of child	зѧть (zętĭ, “son-in-law (daughter's husband)”)	снъха (snŭxa, “daughter-in-law (son's wife)”)
spouse of husband's brother	–	етрꙑ (etry), кѫпетра (kǫpetra, “sister-in-law (husband's brother's wife)”)
stepchild	пасторъкъ (pastorŭkŭ, “stepson”)	– (“stepdaughter”)
step-parent	отьчимъ (otĭčimŭ, “stepfather”)	мащеха (maštexa, “stepmother”)

Old Church Slavic family terms

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *svekry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʋɛˈkrɯ/→/sʋʲɛˈkrɯ/→/sʋʲɛˈkrɯ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʋɛˈkrɯ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʋʲɛˈkrɯ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /sʋʲɛˈkrɯ/

• Hyphenation: све‧крꙑ

Noun

свекрꙑ (svekry) f

1. mother-in-law

Declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	свекрꙑ svekry	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръви svekrŭvi
Genitive	свекръве svekrŭve	свекръву svekrŭvu	свекръвъ svekrŭvŭ
Dative	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръвама svekrŭvama	свекръвамъ svekrŭvamŭ
Accusative	свекръвь svekrŭvĭ	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръви svekrŭvi
Instrumental	свекръвиѭ, свекръвьѭ svekrŭvijǫ, svekrŭvĭjǫ	свекръвама svekrŭvama	свекръвами svekrŭvami
Locative	свекръве svekrŭve	свекръву svekrŭvu	свекръвахъ svekrŭvaxŭ
Vocative	свекрꙑ svekry	свекръви svekrŭvi	свекръви svekrŭvi

Declension of свекрꙑ (v-stem)

Descendants

• Belarusian: свякро́ў (svjakróŭ), свякру́ха (svjakrúxa)
• Russian: свекро́вь (svekróvʹ), свекру́ха (svekrúxa)
• Ukrainian: свекру́ха (svekrúxa)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “свекрꙑ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 269