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 and exact form, with the corresponding Latin transliterations typically given as vtoroy, vtoroi, or vtoriy. The diacritic variant vtóryi is not a separate word but a notation used to convey stress in phonetic transcriptions or etymological notes.

Etymology traces vtóryi back to the Slavic ordinal formation for “second,” rooted in Proto-Slavic vocabulary for order and succession. While the exact historical forms vary across languages, the concept remains consistent: vtóryi denotes the second item in a sequence and functions as an adjective or numeral in noun phrases.

Usage of vtóryi is primarily scholarly. It appears in dictionaries, linguistic grammars, and phonology guides that illustrate pronunciation and stress patterns. In standard writing, authors generally render the word in the original Cyrillic or with a more common Latin transliteration (vtoroy, vtoriy) and reserve diacritic forms for didactic examples. There is no separate entity or concept named vtóryi beyond this transliteration convention.

See also: Russian language, Slavic languages, ordinal numerals, transliteration, diacritics.