Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brękati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *brękъ +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*brękati^[1]

to clatter, to clang, to buzz

Inflection

Conjugation of *brękati, *bręka, *brękajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*brękanьje	*brękati	*brękatъ	*brękalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*brękanъ	*brękajemъ
Active	*brękavъ	*brękaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*brękaxъ	*bręka	*bręka	*brękajǫ	*brękaješi	*brękajetь
Dual	*brękaxově	*brękasta	*brękaste	*brękajevě	*brękajeta	*brękajete
Plural	*brękaxomъ	*brękaste	*brękašę	*brękajemъ	*brękajete	*brękajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*brękaaxъ	*brękaaše	*brękaaše	—	*brękaji	*brękaji
Dual	*brękaaxově	*brękaašeta	*brękaašete	*brękajivě	*brękajita	—
Plural	*brękaaxomъ	*brękaašete	*brękaaxǫ	*brękajimъ	*brękajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бры́нкаць (brýnkacʹ)
- Russian: бря́кать (brjákatʹ)
- Ukrainian: брякати (brjakaty) (obsolete)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: брънкам (brǎnkam) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: брекати
  
  Latin script: brekati
- Slovene: brę̑kati, brę̑nkati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: břinkati
  - Czech: břinkat, brnkat, brňkat, břonkat
- Polish: brzękać, brząkać
- Slovak: brinkať, brnkať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: bŕakaś

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brękati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 22

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brękati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 22

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