Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratrьja
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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 Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂tr̥yeh₂-. By surface analysis, *bratrъ + *-ьja. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρατρία (phratría).
Noun
*bràtrьja or *bràtьja f[1]
Declension
Declension of *bràtrьja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a, uncountable)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *bràtrьja |
| genitive | *bràtrьję̇ |
| dative | *bràtrьjī |
| accusative | *bràtrьjǫ |
| instrumental | *bràtrьjējǫ, *bràtrьjǭ* |
| locative | *bràtrьjī |
| vocative | *bràtrьje |
* 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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratrьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 7
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 9
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bràtrьja; *bràtьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60: “f. jā (a) ‘brothers (coll.)’”