Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bry
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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-Balto-Slavic *brū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.
Noun
*bry̑ f[1]
Declension
Declension of *bry̑ (hard v-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bry̑ | *brъ̏vi | *brъ̏vi |
| genitive | *brъ̏ve | *brъvù | *brъ̀vъ |
| dative | *brъ̏vi | *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* | *brъ̏vьmъ, *brъ̏vamъ* |
| accusative | *brъ̏vь | *brъ̏vi | *brъ̏vi |
| instrumental | *brъvьjǫ́ | *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* | *brъvьmì, *brъvamì* |
| locative | *brъ̏ve | *brъvù | *brъ̏vьxъ, *brъ̏vaxъ* |
| vocative | *bry̑ | *brъ̏vi | *brъ̏vi |
* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bry”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бровь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., pages 493–564
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bry”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66