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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brusьnica
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrowḱ-. Baltic cognates include Latvian brūklene, Lithuanian brùknė.
Inflection
Declension of *brusьnica (soft a-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *brusьnica | *brusьnici | *brusьnicę̇ |
Accusative | *brusьnicǫ | *brusьnici | *brusьnicę̇ |
Genitive | *brusьnicę̇ | *brusьnicu | *brusьnicь |
Locative | *brusьnici | *brusьnicu | *brusьnicasъ, *brusьnicaxъ* |
Dative | *brusьnici | *brusьnicama | *brusьnicamъ |
Instrumental | *brusьnicejǫ, *brusьnicǫ** | *brusьnicama | *brusьnicami |
Vocative | *brusьnice | *brusьnici | *brusьnicę̇ |
* -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:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*brusьnica”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brusьnica”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, page 51
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “брусни́ка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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