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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/briti

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 *brī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-yé-ti, from *bʰreyH- (“to cut”). Cognate with Sanskrit भ्रीणाति (bhrīṇā́ti, “to hurt”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬠𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (pairibrīnaiti, “to cut around”), Persian بریدن‎ (boridan, “to cut”), Old Irish bronnaid (“to injure”), Thracian βρίλων (“barber”).

Verb

*brìti impf [1][2]

  1. to shave

Inflection

Accent paradigm a.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms
  • *brojiti (“to count”)
  • *brojь (“count”)
  • *brimъka (“stitch, seam; juniper”)

Descendants
  • Church Slavonic: брити сѧ (briti sę), 1sg. бриѭ сѧ (brijǫ sę) (Russian)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: бри́я (bríja) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: бри̏ти (archaic), брѝјати, 1sg. бри̏је̄м
      Latin: brȉti (archaic), brìjati, 1sg. brȉjēm
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): brȉt, 3sg. brȋje
    • Slovene: bríti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: bříti (obsolete), 1sg. břiji
    • Slovak: briť

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63: “v. (a) ‘shave’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “briti: brijǫ brijetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 207; PR 133; MP 27)”
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