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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bry

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

Noun

*bry̑ f[1]

  1. eyebrow

Declension
Declension of *bry̑ (v-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *bry̑ *brъ̏vi *brъ̏vi
genitive *brъ̏ve *brъvù *brъ̀vъ
dative *brъ̏vi *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* *brъ̏vьmъ, *brъ̏vamъ*
accusative *brъ̏vь *brъ̏vi *brъ̏vi
instrumental *brъvьjǫ́ *brъvьmà, *brъvàma* *brъvьmì, *brъvamì*
locative *brъ̏ve *brъvù *brъ̏vьxъ, *brъ̏vaxъ*
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)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: брꙑ (bry)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: бръв (brǎv) (dialectal), бърва (bǎrva)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: бр̑в (13th c.) > о̏брва
      Latin: bȓv (13th c.) > ȍbrva
    • Slovene: obȓv (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bry”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бровь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 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
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*bry”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 66
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