Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bьranь

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

Formed as a nomen actionis from *bьrati (“to pick up”) +‎ *-nь, ultimately from proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. The formation is an archaism. It serves as the basis of the normal deverbative action noun *bьranьje, obtained by extending *bьranь + *-je.

Not to be confused with the forms of *bornь (“battle, resistance”) > брань (branĭ, “fight, scuffle, front, wave”) spread throughout South and East Slavic in later times from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

*bьranь f

1. collection
2. yield (of harvesting)

   Synonyms: *dobyvъ, *uroďějь

Inflection

Declension of *bьranь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bьranь	*bьrani	*bьrani
genitive	*bьrani	*bьranьju, *bьraňu*	*bьranьjь, *bьrani*
dative	*bьrani	*bьranьma	*bьranьmъ
accusative	*bьranь	*bьrani	*bьrani
instrumental	*bьranьjǫ, *bьraňǫ*	*bьranьma	*bьranьmi
locative	*bьrani	*bьranьju, *bьraňu*	*bьranьxъ
vocative	*bьrani	*bьrani	*bьrani

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *bьranьcь (“one who is selected”)
• *jьzbьranikъ (“chosen one”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: брань (branʹ, “embroidery”)
  • Ukrainian: брань (branʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: бран (bran)
  • Slovene: brȃnja (“fold”)
• West Slavic: –

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1976), “*bьranь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 3 (*bratrьcь – *cьrky), Moscow: Nauka, page 161