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]

    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

    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

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bràtrьja; *bràtьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 60: “f. jā (a) ‘brothers (coll.)’”
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