пращур

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic пращуръ (praščurŭ), from Proto-Slavic *praščurъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpraɕːʊr]

Noun

пра́щур (práščur) m anim (genitive пра́щура, nominative plural пра́щуры, genitive plural пра́щуров)

  1. ancestor, forefather (one from whom a person is descended)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), пращур”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
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