Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bričь

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 *briti +‎ *-čь.

Noun

*bričь m

1. razor

Inflection

Declension of *bričь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bričь	*briča	*briči
genitive	*briča	*briču	*bričь
dative	*briču	*bričema	*bričemъ
accusative	*bričь	*briča	*bričę̇
instrumental	*bričьmь, *bričemь*	*bričema	*briči
locative	*briči	*briču	*bričixъ
vocative	*briču	*briča	*briči

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Ukrainian: брич (bryč), брыч (bryč) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: бричь (bričĭ)
  • Bulgarian: брич (brič)
  • Macedonian: брич (brič)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бри̑ч

    Latin script: brȋč

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Proto-Albanian: *britška
    • Albanian: brisk

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bričь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 25