бързъ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • 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

бързъ (bŭrzŭ) (adverb бързо)

  1. quick, fast

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: бо́рзый (bórzyj), бо́рздый (bórzdyj)
    • Belarusian: бо́рзды (bórzdy)
    • Ukrainian: бо́рзий (bórzyj)
  • Russian: бо́рзый (bórzyj), борзо́й (borzój)

References

  • 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), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 199