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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bry

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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
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:
  • 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)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bry”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 03, Moscow: Nauka, page 63
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “бровь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, 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, page 66
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