brona
Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *borna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brona f inan
- harrow (device for smoothing and breaking up soil)
Declension edit
Declension of brona
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “brona”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “brona”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borna.[1] Doublet of brama (“gate”), derived from Old Czech.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brona f
- (agriculture) harrow
- (fortifications) portcullis
Declension edit
Declension of brona
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “brona”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
brona f (Cyrillic spelling брона)
- Bronze (alloy).
- (sports) A bronze medal.
- A cowbell.