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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratьcь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *bràtъ + *-ьcь.
Noun
*bràtьcь m
- Diminutive of *bràtъ: (small) brother
Declension
According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type A and to the accent curve variant Aa.
Declension of *bràtьcь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bràtьcь | *bràtьca | *bràtьci |
| Accusative | *bràtьcь | *bràtьca | *bràtьcę̇ |
| Genitive | *bràtьca | *bràtьcu | *bràtьcь |
| Locative | *bràtьci | *bràtьcu | *bràtьcīxъ |
| Dative | *bràtьcu | *bràtьcema | *bràtьcēmъ |
| Instrumental | *bràtьcьmь, *bràtьcemь* | *bràtьcema | *bràtьcī |
| Vocative | *bràtьče | *bràtьca | *bràtьci |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: бра́цец (brácjec)
- Russian: бра́тец (brátec)
- Ukrainian: бра́тець (brátecʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бра́тец (brátec)
- Macedonian: братец (bratec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бра̏тац
- Latin: brȁtac
- Slovene: brȃtəc (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bratec
- Polabian: brotăc
- Old Polish: braciec
- Slovak: bratec
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 9