Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *bъrzъ. Cognates include Old Polish barzy and Old Czech brzý.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊrzʊ//ˈbʊrzʊ//ˈbɔrz/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʊrzʊ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbʊrzʊ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈbɔrz/

  • Hyphenation: бъ‧рзъ

Adjective

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бързъ (bŭrzŭ) (adverb бързо)

  1. quick, fast

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “бързꙑи”, 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 199