Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bratьcь

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 *bràtъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*bràtьcь m

1. Diminutive of *bràtъ: (small) brother

Declension

According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type A and to the accent curve variant A^a.

Declension of *bràtьcь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bràtьcь	*bràtьca	*bràtьci
genitive	*bràtьca	*bràtьcu	*bràtьcь
dative	*bràtьcu	*bràtьcema	*bràtьcēmъ
accusative	*bràtьcь	*bràtьca	*bràtьcę̇
instrumental	*bràtьcьmь, *bràtьcemь*	*bràtьcema	*bràtьcī
locative	*bràtьci	*bràtьcu	*bràtьcīxъ
vocative	*bràtьče	*bràtьca	*bràtьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: бра́цец (brácjec)
  • Russian: бра́тец (brátec)
  • Ukrainian: бра́тець (brátecʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бра́тец (brátec)
  • Macedonian: братец (bratec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бра̏тац

    Latin script: brȁtac

  • Slovene: brȃtəc (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: bratec
  • Polabian: brotăc
  • Old Polish: braciec
  • Slovak: bratec

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bratьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 9