вотчина

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic отьчина (otĭčina), from Proto-Slavic *otьčina. By surface analysis, оте́ц (otéc) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈvot͡ɕːɪnə]
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Noun

во́тчина • (vótčina) f inan (genitive во́тчины, nominative plural во́тчины, genitive plural во́тчин)

  1. patrimonial estate, patrimony
  2. (figuratively) patrimony

Declension

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