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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brusъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Noun
*brusъ m[1]
- grindstone
- whetstone, strickle
Declension
Declension of *brusъ (hard o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *brusъ | *brusa | *brusi |
Accusative | *brusъ | *brusa | *brusy |
Genitive | *brusa | *brusu | *brusъ |
Locative | *brusě | *brusu | *brusěxъ |
Dative | *brusu | *brusoma | *brusomъ |
Instrumental | *brusъmь, *brusomь* | *brusoma | *brusy |
Vocative | *bruse | *brusa | *brusi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *brusъkъ (“hone”)
- *brusьcь (“sharpener”)
- *brusьnъ (“sharpened”)
- *brusьnica
- *brusьnikъ
- *brusьniti
Related terms
- *brъsati (“to wipe”)
- *brъsnǫti (“to shave”)
- *brusiti (“to erase”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: брꙋсъ (brusŭ)
- Belarusian: брус (brus)
- Russian: брус (brus)
- Ukrainian: брус (brus)
- Old Novgorodian: брꙋсе (bruse)
- Old East Slavic: брꙋсъ (brusŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: брус (brus)
- Macedonian: брус (brus)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бру̑с
- Latin: brȗs
- Slovene: brȗs
- West Slavic:
- Czech: brus
- Polish: brus
- Slovak: brús
- Slovincian: brȯ́u̯s
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: brus
- Upper Sorbian: brus
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brusъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 50
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “брус”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “brusъ brusa”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d (OSA 140), b/d (RPT 97, 102)”