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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьna
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Noun
*brьna f[1]
- mud, clay
Inflection
Declension of *brьna (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *brьna | *brьně | *brьny |
| Accusative | *brьnǫ | *brьně | *brьny |
| Genitive | *brьny | *brьnu | *brьnъ |
| Locative | *brьně | *brьnu | *brьnasъ, *brьnaxъ* |
| Dative | *brьně | *brьnama | *brьnamъ |
| Instrumental | *brьnojǫ, *brьnǫ** | *brьnama | *brьnami |
| Vocative | *brьno | *brьně | *brьny |
* -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
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: бръноѭ f (brŭnojǫ, “mud, dirt”)
- Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⱏⱀⱁⱙ (brŭnojǫ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: брна f (“mud, dirt”)
- Latin: brna
- Slovene: brna f (“clay, humus”), brnja f (“clay, humus”), brn m (“silt”)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: borno n (“bog, marsh”)
- Sorbian:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brьna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 66: “f. ā ‘mud, clay’”