Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьna

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

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Noun

*brьna f

1. mud, clay

Inflection

Declension of *brьna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*brьna	*brьně	*brьny
genitive	*brьny	*brьnu	*brьnъ
dative	*brьně	*brьnama	*brьnamъ
accusative	*brьnǫ	*brьně	*brьny
instrumental	*brьnojǫ, *brьnǫ**	*brьnama	*brьnami
locative	*brьně	*brьnu	*brьnasъ, *brьnaxъ*
vocative	*brьno	*brьně	*brьny

^* -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).

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: бръноѭ f (brŭnojǫ, “mud, dirt”)

    Glagolitic script: ⰱⱃⱏⱀⱁⱙ (brŭnojǫ)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: брна f (“mud, dirt”)

    Latin script: brna

  • Slovene: brna f (“clay, humus”), brnja f (“clay, humus”), brn m (“silt”)
• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: borno n (“bog, marsh”)