Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berďь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *berˀdjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerh₁dyeh₂ (or *bʰerh₁deh₂ + *-j-), from *bʰer- (“to bear (give birth to)”) + *-d-.
Compare Lithuanian ber̃ždžias (“barren (of a cow)”), ber̃gždžias (“barren (of a cow)”), Latin fordus (“pregnant”) (< *foridos), forda.
Adjective
*bèrďь[1]
Declension
Indefinite declension of *berďь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *berďь | *berďa | *berďe |
| genitive | *berďa | *berďę̇ | *berďa |
| dative | *berďu | *berďi | *berďu |
| accusative | *berďь | *berďǫ | *berďe |
| instrumental | *berďemь | *berďejǫ | *berďemь |
| locative | *berďi | *berďi | *berďi |
| vocative | *berďu | *berďe | *berďe |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *berďa | *berďi | *berďi |
| genitive | *berďu | *berďu | *berďu |
| dative | *berďema | *berďama | *berďema |
| accusative | *berďa | *berďi | *berďi |
| instrumental | *berďema | *berďama | *berďema |
| locative | *berďu | *berďu | *berďu |
| vocative | *berďa | *berďi | *berďi |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *berďi | *berďę̇ | *berďa |
| genitive | *berďь | *berďь | *berďь |
| dative | *berďemъ | *berďamъ | *berďemъ |
| accusative | *berďę̇ | *berďę̇ | *berďa |
| instrumental | *berďi | *berďami | *berďi |
| locative | *berďixъ | *berďaxъ | *berďixъ |
| vocative | *berďi | *berďę̇ | *berďa |
Definite declension of *berďь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *berďьjь | *berďaja | *berďeje |
| genitive | *berďajego | *berďę̇ję̇ | *berďajego |
| dative | *berďujemu | *berďiji | *berďujemu |
| accusative | *berďьjь | *berďǫjǫ | *berďeje |
| instrumental | *berďijimь | *berďǫjǫ | *berďijimь |
| locative | *berďijemь | *berďiji | *berďijemь |
| vocative | *berďьjь | *berďaja | *berďeje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *berďaja | *berďiji | *berďiji |
| genitive | *berďuju | *berďuju | *berďuju |
| dative | *berďijima | *berďijima | *berďijima |
| accusative | *berďaja | *berďiji | *berďiji |
| instrumental | *berďijima | *berďijima | *berďijima |
| locative | *berďuju | *berďuju | *berďuju |
| vocative | *berďaja | *berďiji | *berďiji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *berďiji | *berďę̇ję̇ | *berďaja |
| genitive | *berďьjixъ | *berďьjixъ | *berďьjixъ |
| dative | *berďijimъ | *berďijimъ | *berďijimъ |
| accusative | *berďę̇ję̇ | *berďę̇ję̇ | *berďaja |
| instrumental | *berďijimi | *berďijimi | *berďijimi |
| locative | *berďijixъ | *berďijixъ | *berďijixъ |
| vocative | *berďiji | *berďę̇ję̇ | *berďaja |
See also
- *bermenьnъ, *bermenatъ, *bermenitъ (< *bermę (“load, burden”))
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: брѣжда (brěžda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: brẹ́ja (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бережая”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berdja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 188
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bèrdjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 36