Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brujati

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

Of onomatopoeic origin or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to incite, to spring”), whence Lithuanian bráuti (“to press, to push”). Georgiev has considered possible relation to Ancient Greek βρύω (brúō, “to gush forth, to burst”), which is dismissed by Trubačev (ESSJa).

Verb

*brujati impf

1. to buzz (e.g. bee, beetle)

   Synonyms: *brьněti, *bǫčati

2. to rustle, to purl

Inflection

Conjugation of *brujati, *bruja, *brujetь (impf., -ja/V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*brujanьje	*brujati	*brujatъ	*brujalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*brujanъ	*brujemъ
Active	*brujavъ	*bruję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*brujaxъ	*bruja	*bruja	*brujǫ	*bruješi	*brujetь
Dual	*brujaxově	*brujasta	*brujaste	*brujevě	*brujeta	*brujete
Plural	*brujaxomъ	*brujaste	*brujašę	*brujemъ	*brujete	*brujǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*brujaaxъ	*brujaaše	*brujaaše	—	*bruji	*bruji
Dual	*brujaaxově	*brujaašeta	*brujaašete	*brujivě	*brujita	—
Plural	*brujaaxomъ	*brujaašete	*brujaaxǫ	*brujimъ	*brujite	—

Derived terms

• *bruja (“riffle, vibration; rapid, torrent (of flowing water)”)
  • *brujiti (“to rumble, to popple; to gush forth”)
  • *brujьnъ (“bubbling, rumbling”)

Related terms

• *bruxati (“to grunt”)
• *brukati, *brusiti (“to pound, to hack”)
• *břuzga (“grouch, grumple”)
• *brъzgati, *bryzgati (“to sprinkle, to splatter”) (possibly)

See also

• *bǫbarъ (“bumblebee”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: бруя́ть (brujátʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бру́јати

    Latin script: brújati

References

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*brujati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 45
• Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бруя́”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 287
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “бру́я”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 271
• “brautis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012