vtóryi
vtóryi is a transliteration form used in linguistic and lexicographic contexts to represent the masculine singular ordinal numeral meaning “second” in some Slavic languages, most often Russian. In such scholarly materials it is sometimes written with a diacritic on the o (vtóryi) to indicate the stressed syllable, helping readers approximate pronunciation.
In Cyrillic, the standard spelling for the masculine ordinal is вторóй or второмой, depending on historical spelling
Etymology traces vtóryi back to the Slavic ordinal formation for “second,” rooted in Proto-Slavic vocabulary for
Usage of vtóryi is primarily scholarly. It appears in dictionaries, linguistic grammars, and phonology guides that
See also: Russian language, Slavic languages, ordinal numerals, transliteration, diacritics.