Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьranь
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Formed as a nomen actionis from *bьrati (“to pick up”) + *-nь, ultimately from proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. The formation is an archaism. It serves as the basis of the normal deverbative action noun *bьranьje, obtained by extending *bьranь + *-je.
Not to be confused with the forms of *bornь (“battle, resistance”) > брань (branĭ, “fight, scuffle, front, wave”) spread throughout South and East Slavic in later times from Old Church Slavonic.
Noun
[edit]*bьranь f
- collection
- yield (of harvesting)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *bьranь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *bьranь | *bьrani | *bьrani |
| genitive | *bьrani | *bьranьju, *bьraňu* | *bьranьjь, *bьrani* |
| dative | *bьrani | *bьranьma | *bьranьmъ |
| accusative | *bьranь | *bьrani | *bьrani |
| instrumental | *bьranьjǫ, *bьraňǫ* | *bьranьma | *bьranьmi |
| locative | *bьrani | *bьranьju, *bьraňu* | *bьranьxъ |
| vocative | *bьrani | *bьrani | *bьrani |
* 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).
Derived terms
[edit]- *bьranьcь (“one who is selected”)
- *jьzbьranikъ (“chosen one”)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьranь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 161