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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bъrtь

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *búrˀtis, *búrˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, to drill”) + *-tь. Cognate with Latvian burts (“letter, mark”), Lithuanian bùrtas (“lot”), bùrtis (“sign”). Further related to Latin forāmen (“opening”).

Noun

*bъrtь f[1]

  1. carving, delving (in a tree)
  2. hive of wild bees

Alternative forms
  • *bъrtъ (o-stem)

Declension
Declension of *bъrtь (i-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *bъrtь *bъrti *bъrti
Accusative *bъrtь *bъrti *bъrti
Genitive *bъrti *bъrtьju, *bъrťu* *bъrtьjь, *bъrti*
Locative *bъrti *bъrtьju, *bъrťu* *bъrtьxъ
Dative *bъrti *bъrtьma *bъrtьmъ
Instrumental *bъrtьjǫ, *bъrťǫ* *bъrtьma *bъrtьmi
Vocative *bъrti *bъrti *bъrti
* 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
  • *bъrtiti (“to delve, to carve (in tree)”)
  • *bъrtva (“tree hollow”)
  • *bъrъ, *bъrica (“wild millet”)
  • *bъrna, *bъrla (“lip, ring”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: бърть (bŭrtĭ), борть (bortĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: brt (possibly via Czech)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bъrtь; *bъrtъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 69: “f. i; m. o ‘hive of wild bees’”
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