βράθυ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βορατίνη (boratínē), βόρατον (bóraton)
Etymology
The formation is similar to ἄσχυ (áskhu), μῶλυ (môlu), μίσυ (mísu) and σῶρυ (sôru). The word has been compared to Akkadian 𒄑𒇷 (burāšum), Aramaic בְּרָתָא (bərāṯā) and Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bərṓš), all meaning "cypress", suggesting a Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /brá.tʰy/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbra.tʰy/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβra.θy/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvra.θy/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvra.θi/
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βρᾰ́θῠ tò bráthu |
τὼ βρᾰ́θῠε tṑ bráthue |
τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́θῠᾰ tà bráthua | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρᾰ́θῠος toû bráthuos |
τοῖν βρᾰθῠ́οιν toîn brathúoin |
τῶν βρᾰθῠ́ων tôn brathúōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρᾰ́θῠῐ̈ tôi bráthuï |
τοῖν βρᾰθῠ́οιν toîn brathúoin |
τοῖς βρᾰ́θῠσῐ / βρᾰ́θῠσῐν toîs bráthusi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βρᾰ́θῠ tò bráthu |
τὼ βρᾰ́θῠε tṑ bráthue |
τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́θῠᾰ tà bráthua | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρᾰ́θῠ bráthu |
βρᾰ́θῠε bráthue |
βρᾰ́θῠᾰ bráthua | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Ge'ez: ቡራት (burat), ቡራቴን (buraten), ቡራቴ (burate)
- → Latin: bratus
Further reading
- “βράθυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βράθυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βράθυ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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