Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratrьja

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂tr̥yeh₂-. By surface analysis, *bratrъ +‎ *-ьja. Cognate with Ancient Greek φρατρία (phratría).

Noun

*bràtrьja or *bràtьja f

1. (collective) brothers, brethren

Declension

Declension of *bràtrьja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*bràtrьja
genitive	*bràtrьję̇
dative	*bràtrьjī
accusative	*bràtrьjǫ
instrumental	*bràtrьjējǫ, *bràtrьjǭ*
locative	*bràtrьjī
vocative	*bràtrьje

^* 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:
  • Russian: бра́тья pl (brátʹja)
  • Ukrainian: бра́ття pl (bráttja)
  • Old Novgorodian: братьꙗ (bratĭja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: братрьꙗ (bratrĭja), братьꙗ (bratĭja)

    Glagolitic: ⰱⱃⰰⱅⱃⱐⱑ (bratrĭě), ⰱⱃⰰⱅⱐⱑ (bratĭě)

  • Bulgarian: братя pl (bratja)
  • Macedonian: браќа pl (braḱa)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бра̏ћа

    Latin script: brȁća

  • Slovene: brátje pl
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: bratřie f sg
    • Czech: bratří pl
  • Polish: bracia pl
  • Slovak: bratia pl
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: bratrojo pl

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratrьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 7
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 9