Talk:рать


 * Could the Russian be a borrowing from OCS? I'm puzzled by the treatment of initial o in front of liquids (compare ). What's the pattern? Per utramque cavernam 08:52, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it would generally be true, but here is a special case: initial *őRT- under acute accent gave lengthened ra- in all of Slavic speech – thus рать,, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Guldrelokk (talk) 09:22, 1 July 2018 (UTC)