бръвь

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms

• бровь (brovĭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bry, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brū́ˀs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

Pronunciation

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbrʊʋɪ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbrʊʋʲɪ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔʋʲ/

Noun

бръвь (brŭvĭ) f

1. eyebrow

Descendants

• Belarusian: брыво́ (bryvó)
• Russian: бровь (brovʹ)
• Ukrainian: брова́ (brová)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бръвь”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 181