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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bornь

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-Balto-Slavic *barˀnís, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Equivalent to *borti (“to wrestle, to fight”) +‎ *-nь.

Noun

*bȏrnь f[1][2]

  1. resistance, standoff
  2. scuffle, battle

Declension
Declension of *bȏrnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bȏrnь *bȏrni *bȏrni
Accusative *bȏrnь *bȏrni *bȏrni
Genitive *borní *bornьjù, *borňu* *bornь̀jь
Locative *borní *bornьjù, *borňu* *bȏrnьxъ
Dative *bȏrni *bornьmà *bȏrnьmъ
Instrumental *bornьjǫ́ *bornьmà *bornьmì
Vocative *borni *bȏrni *bȏrni
* 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).

Derived terms
  • *borniti (“to protect”)
  • *borniťь (“defender”)
  • *otъborna (“defense”)
  • *zaborna (“prohibition”)
  • *vъzborna (“interdict”)

Descendants
  • Old East Slavic: боронь (boronĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: braň
    • Kashubian: barń, barniô
    • Polish: broń
    • Slovak: bráň
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bȏrnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57: “f. i (c)”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “bornь borni”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 25; PR 138)”
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