Брянськ
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic Дьбрꙗньскъ (Dĭbrjanĭskŭ), from the word дъбрь (dŭbrĭ), дьбрь (dĭbrĭ, “valley”) from Proto-Slavic *dьbrь (“valley, ravine”) now Russian де́бри m pl (débri), the first consonant of which in the oikonym had to be lost to simplify the cluster resulting from Havlík's law.
Other formations from the same noun include Russian Брынь (Brynʹ), the name of a river in a neighbouring province, a historical Брыньскъ (Brynĭskŭ) in Volhynia, apparently the current village Бринь (Brynʹ) in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, and various Polish settlement and waterbody names Bryń, Brynica WP, Breń WP, whence the family name Bryński.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [brʲanʲsʲk]
Proper noun
Брянськ • (Brjansʹk) m inan (genitive Бря́нська, uncountable, relational adjective бря́нський)
- Bryansk (a city, the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Брянськ Brjansʹk |
| genitive | Бря́нська Brjánsʹka |
| dative | Бря́нськові, Бря́нську Brjánsʹkovi, Brjánsʹku |
| accusative | Брянськ Brjansʹk |
| instrumental | Бря́нськом Brjánsʹkom |
| locative | Бря́нську Brjánsʹku |
| vocative | Бря́нську Brjánsʹku |
Further reading
- Anikin, A. E. (2011) “Брынские леса”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 303, cf. Брянские леса
- Anikin, A. E. (2011) “Брянск”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 320