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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *brī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-yé-ti, from *bʰreyH- (“to cut”). Cognate with Albanian brij (“to rub, scratch”), Thracian βρίλων (brílōn, “barber”) and Indo-Iranian words (such as Sanskrit भ्रीणाति (bhrīṇā́ti, “to hurt”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬠𐬭𐬍𐬥𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pairibrīnaiti, “to cut around”), Persian بریدن (boridan, “to cut”)).
Verb
*brìti impf[1][2]
- to shave
Inflection
Conjugation of
*briti, *bri, *brьjetь (
impf.,
tr., -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *britьje
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*briti
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*britъ
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*brilъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*britъ
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*brьjemъ
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| Active
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*brivъ
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*brьję
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*brixъ |
*bri |
*bri
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*brьjǫ |
*brьješi |
*brьjetь
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| Dual
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*brixově |
*brista |
*briste
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*brьjevě |
*brьjeta |
*brьjete
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| Plural
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*brixomъ |
*briste |
*brišę
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*brьjemъ |
*brьjete |
*brьjǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*brьjaaxъ |
*brьjaaše |
*brьjaaše
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— |
*brьji |
*brьji
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| Dual
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*brьjaaxově |
*brьjaašeta |
*brьjaašete
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*brьjivě |
*brьjita |
—
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| Plural
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*brьjaaxomъ |
*brьjaašete |
*brьjaaxǫ
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*brьjimъ |
*brьjite |
—
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Usage notes
- Aorist form is unattested.
Derived terms
- *bričь (“razor”)
- *bridъ (“sharpness, sharp edge”)
- *bridъkъ (“sharp”)
- *brimъka (“stitch, seam; juniper”)
- *brojiti (“to count”)
- *brojь (“count”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: брыць (brycʹ)
- Russian: брить (britʹ), 1sg. бре́ю (bréju)
- Ukrainian: бри́ти (brýty), 1sg. бри́ю (brýju)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: бри́я (bríja) (dialectal), бри́на (brína) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: бри̏ти (archaic), брѝјати, 1sg. бри̏је̄м
- Latin: brȉti (archaic), brìjati, 1sg. brȉjēm
- Slovene: bríti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: bříti (obsolete), 1sg. břiji
- Slovak: briť
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “брить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*briti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 31
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*brìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 63: “v. (a) ‘shave’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “briti: brijǫ brijetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 207; PR 133; MP 27)”