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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bornь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *barˀnís, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Equivalent to *borti (“to wrestle, to fight”) + *-nь.
Noun
*bȏrnь f[1][2]
- resistance, standoff
- scuffle, battle
Declension
Declension of *bȏrnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bȏrnь | *bȏrni | *bȏrni |
| Accusative | *bȏrnь | *bȏrni | *bȏrni |
| Genitive | *borní | *bornьjù, *borňu* | *bornь̀jь |
| Locative | *borní | *bornьjù, *borňu* | *bȏrnьxъ |
| Dative | *bȏrni | *bornьmà | *bȏrnьmъ |
| Instrumental | *bornьjǫ́ | *bornьmà | *bornьmì |
| Vocative | *borni | *bȏrni | *bȏrni |
* 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).
Derived terms
- *borniti (“to protect”)
- *borniťь (“defender”)
- *otъborna (“defense”)
- *zaborna (“prohibition”)
- *vъzborna (“interdict”)
Descendants
- Old East Slavic: боронь (boronĭ)
- Russian: бо́ронь (bóronʹ) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: брань (branĭ)
- Bulgarian: бран (bran)
- → Russian: брань (branʹ)
- Macedonian:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бра̑н
- Latin: brȃn
- Slovene: brán
- Old Church Slavonic: брань (branĭ)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: braň
- Kashubian: barń, barniô
- Polish: broń
- Slovak:
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: broń
- Upper Sorbian: bróń
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “боронь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bornь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 208
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “бран²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 73
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȏrnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57: “f. i (c)”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “bornь borni”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25; PR 138)”