Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьna

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

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Noun

*brьna f^[1]

mud, clay

Inflection

Declension of *brьna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brьna	*brьně	*brьny
genitive	*brьny	*brьnu	*brьnъ
dative	*brьně	*brьnama	*brьnamъ
accusative	*brьnǫ	*brьně	*brьny
instrumental	brьnojǫ, brьnǫ^**	*brьnama	*brьnami
locative	*brьně	*brьnu	brьnasъ, brьnaxъ^*
vocative	*brьno	*brьně	*brьny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: бръноѭ f (brŭnojǫ, “mud, dirt”)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰱⱃⱏⱀⱁⱙ (brŭnojǫ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: брна f (“mud, dirt”)
  
  Latin script: brna
- Slovene: brna f (“clay, humus”), brnja f (“clay, humus”), brn m (“silt”)
West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: borno n (“bog, marsh”)

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brьna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66: “f. ā ‘mud, clay’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brьna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66: “f. ā ‘mud, clay’”

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