< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic
Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brъňa
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *brunjǭ.
Noun
*brъňa f
- breastplate?
Declension
Declension of *brъňa (soft a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *brъňa | *brъňi | *brъňę̇ |
Accusative | *brъňǫ | *brъňi | *brъňę̇ |
Genitive | *brъňę̇ | *brъňu | *brъňь |
Locative | *brъňi | *brъňu | *brъňasъ, *brъňaxъ* |
Dative | *brъňi | *brъňama | *brъňamъ |
Instrumental | *brъňejǫ, *brъňǫ** | *brъňama | *brъňami |
Vocative | *brъňe | *brъňi | *brъňę̇ |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: броня́ (bronjá)
- → Bulgarian: бро́ня (brónja)
- Ukrainian: бро́ня (brónja)
- Russian: броня́ (bronjá)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: брънѩ (brŭnję)
- Bulgarian: бръ́ня (brǎ́nja) (obsolete)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Czech: brně
- Old Polish: brnia
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бро́ня́”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress