бръзда

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъzda, whence Old Church Slavonic бръзда (brŭzda, “halter”), Czech brzda (“brake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɤzdɐ]

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Noun

бръ́зда • (brǎ́zda) f (dialectal)

1. (obsolete, originally) halter
2. part of the plow which connects the drawbar to the landside

Usage notes

The singular form has mostly gone out of use. Only the earlier dual бръзде (brǎzde) (often reanalyzed as a sg. neuter) is formally attested within dialects.

Declension

Declension of бръ́зда

	singular	plural
indefinite	бръ́зда brǎ́zda	бръзде́ brǎzdé
definite	бръздата́ brǎzdatá	бръзде́те brǎzdéte

References

• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1908) “бръзде”, in Допълнение на българския рѣчникъ‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Plovdiv: Печатница "Трудъ" на Петко Бѣловѣждовъ, page 35
• “бръзда”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъzda, further origin uncertain: perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos, but a complicated Slavic etymology has also been proposed.

Noun

бръзда • (brŭzda) f

1. muzzle
2. halter

Declension

Declension of бръзда (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	бръзда brŭzda	бръздѣ brŭzdě	бръздꙑ brŭzdy
genitive	бръздꙑ brŭzdy	бръздоу brŭzdu	бръздъ brŭzdŭ
dative	бръздѣ brŭzdě	бръздама brŭzdama	бръздамъ brŭzdamŭ
accusative	бръздѫ brŭzdǫ	бръздѣ brŭzdě	бръздꙑ brŭzdy
instrumental	бръздоѭ brŭzdojǫ	бръздама brŭzdama	бръздами brŭzdami
locative	бръздѣ brŭzdě	бръздоу brŭzdu	бръздахъ brŭzdaxŭ
vocative	бръздо brŭzdo	бръздѣ brŭzdě	бръздꙑ brŭzdy

References

• Havlová, Eva, editor (1990), “brъzda”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského (in Czech), numbers 2 (blagъ – dělo), Prague: Academia, →ISBN, page 83
• “бръзда”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2024