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      Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratrьja
Proto-Slavic
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂tr̥yeh₂-. Compare *bratrъ.
Declension
    
Declension of *bràtrьja (soft a-stem, accent paradigm a, uncountable)
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *bràtrьja | 
| Accusative | *bràtrьjǫ | 
| Genitive | *bràtrьję̇ | 
| Locative | *bràtrьjī | 
| Dative | *bràtrьjī | 
| Instrumental | *bràtrьjējǫ, *bràtrьjǭ* | 
| 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
    
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
    
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratrьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 6
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratьja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 8
References
    
- 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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