strъjь

strъjь; stryjь; strycь Grammatical information: m. jo Proto-Slavic meaning: `uncle'

Church Slavic:

strъi (SerbCS) `uncle' [m jo]

Russian:

stroj `(arch.?) father's brother, (dial.) cripple, beggar' [m jo]

Old Russian:

strъi `uncle' [m jo];

stryi `uncle' [m jo]

Belorussian:

stryj `uncle' [m jo], strýja [Gens]

Ukrainian:

stryj `uncle' [m jo], strýja [Gens]

Czech:

strýc `uncle, cousin' [m jo]

Slovak:

strýc `uncle' [m jo]

Polish:

stryj `uncle' [m jo], stryja [Gens]

Serbo-Croatian:

strȋc `uncle (father's brother)' [m jo], stríca [Gens];

Čak. strĩc (Vrgada) `uncle (father's brother)' [m jo], strīcȁ [Gens]

Slovene:

stríc `uncle (father's brother)' [m jo]

Lithuanian:

strùjus `uncle, old man' [m ju] \{1\}

Indo-European reconstruction: stru-io-

Other cognates:

OIr. sruith `old, venerable' [adj];

OW strutiu `old man'

Notes:

\{1\} The existence of a variant strūjus is uncertain.