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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brěskъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁ḱ- (“to brighten”) + *-skъ. Cognate with Lithuanian brė́kšta (“dawn”).
Parallel to Proto-Slavic *brězgъ (“dawn, daybreak”). Compare also Proto-Slavic *blěskъ (“shining, glimmer”)
Noun
*brěskъ m[1]
- bloom, shine
- dawnlight
Inflection
Declension of *brěskъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *brěskъ | *brěska | *brěsci |
| Accusative | *brěskъ | *brěska | *brěsky |
| Genitive | *brěska | *brěsku | *brěskъ |
| Locative | *brěscě | *brěsku | *brěscěxъ |
| Dative | *brěsku | *brěskoma | *brěskomъ |
| Instrumental | *brěskъmь, *brěskomь* | *brěskoma | *brěsky |
| Vocative | *brěšče | *brěska | *brěsci |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *brěskati (“to shine”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: brẹ̑sk
- West Slavic:
- Czech: břesk
- Polish: brzask
- Slovak: bresk
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brěskъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 17
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brězgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 61