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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bry
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.
Noun
*bry̑ f[1]
- eyebrow
Declension
Declension of *bry̑ (v-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *bry̑ | *brъ̏vi | *brъ̏vi |
| Accusative | *brъ̏vь | *brъ̏vi | *brъ̏vi |
| Genitive | *brъ̏ve | *brъvù | *brъ̀vъ |
| Locative | *brъ̏ve | *brъvù | *brъ̏vьxъ, *brъ̏vaxъ* |
| Dative | *brъ̏vi | *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* | *brъ̏vьmъ, *brъ̏vamъ* |
| Instrumental | *brъvьjǫ́ | *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* | *brъvьmì, *brъvamì* |
| 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
- *brъvatъ
- *brъvica
- *brъvistъ
- *brъvitъ
- *brъvьje
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: бръвь (brŭvĭ)
- Belarusian: брыво́ (bryvó)
- Russian: бровь (brovʹ)
- Ukrainian: брова́ (brová)
- Old East Slavic: бръвь (brŭvĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: брꙑ (bry)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: бръв (brǎv) (dialectal), бърва (bǎrva)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бр̑в (13th c.) > о̏брва
- Latin: bȓv (13th c.) > ȍbrva
- Slovene: obȓv (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: brev
- Czech: brva
- Polabian: bråvoi pl
- Polish: brew
- Slovak: brva
- Slovincian: brävjė́
- Old Czech: brev
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bry”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бровь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, 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