Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/britva

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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 *briti +‎ *-tva.

    Noun

    *brìtva f

    1. razor

    Inflection

    Declension of *brìtva (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *brìtva *brìtvě *brìtvy
    genitive *brìtvy *brìtvu *brìtvъ
    dative *brìtvě *brìtvama *brìtvamъ
    accusative *brìtvǫ *brìtvě *brìtvy
    instrumental *brìtvojǫ, *brìtvǭ** *brìtvama *brìtvamī
    locative *brìtvě *brìtvu *brìtvasъ, *brìtvaxъ*
    vocative *brìtvo *brìtvě *brìtvy

    * -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

    References

    • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brìtva”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63
    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бри́тва”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress