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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brusьnica
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrowḱ-. Baltic cognates include Latvian brūklene, Lithuanian brùknė.
Noun
*brusьnica f
- mountain cranberry, cowberry, red whortleberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
Inflection
Declension of *brusьnica (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *brusьnica | *brusьnici | *brusьnicę̇ |
| Accusative | *brusьnicǫ | *brusьnici | *brusьnicę̇ |
| Genitive | *brusьnicę̇ | *brusьnicu | *brusьnicь |
| Locative | *brusьnici | *brusьnicu | *brusьnicasъ, *brusьnicaxъ* |
| Dative | *brusьnici | *brusьnicama | *brusьnicamъ |
| Instrumental | *brusьnicejǫ, *brusьnicǫ** | *brusьnicama | *brusьnicami |
| Vocative | *brusьnice | *brusьnici | *brusьnicę̇ |
* -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).
** 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).
Related terms
- *brusьnъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: брусни́ца (brusníca)
- Russian: бруси́ца (brusíca) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: брусни́ця (brusnýcja)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: брусни́ца (brusníca)
- Macedonian: бру́сница (brúsnica)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бру̀сница
- Latin: brùsnica
- Slovene: brusnica
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: brusnicě
- Czech: brusnice
- Polish: brusznica, bruśnica (dialectal)
- Slovak: brusnica
- Slovincian: brȧ̃sńică
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: brusnica
- Upper Sorbian: brusnica
- Old Czech: brusnicě
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brusьnica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brusьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 51
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “брусни́ка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress