Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bernъ
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bérˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérh₁nos. Cognate with Lithuanian bérnas (“lad, boy”), Latvian bȩ̄̀rns (“child”) within Balto-Slavic and dialectal Ancient Greek φέρενᾱ (phérenā, “dowry”) (Aeolian) elsewhere. Further akin to Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”), Albanian barrë (“pregnancy”), Old Armenian բեռն (beṙn, “burden, duty”).
Martynov, Goląb consider *bernъ the primary word for “newborn, child” in Northern Balto-Slavic, while *dětъ (u-stem) - in the South (cf. Latin foetus (“pregnant”)).
Adjective
[edit]*bernъ
- (obsolete) newborn
- Synonym: *novorod'enъ
- (by extension) pregnant, expecting a newborn (for woman)
Declension
[edit]Indefinite declension of *bernъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *bernъ | *berna | *berno |
genitive | *berna | *berny | *berna |
dative | *bernu | *berně | *bernu |
accusative | *bernъ | *bernǫ | *berno |
instrumental | *bernomь | *bernojǫ | *bernomь |
locative | *berně | *berně | *berně |
vocative | *berne | *berno | *berno |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *berna | *berně | *berně |
genitive | *bernu | *bernu | *bernu |
dative | *bernoma | *bernama | *bernoma |
accusative | *berna | *berně | *berně |
instrumental | *bernoma | *bernama | *bernoma |
locative | *bernu | *bernu | *bernu |
vocative | *berna | *berně | *berně |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *berni | *berny | *berna |
genitive | *bernъ | *bernъ | *bernъ |
dative | *bernomъ | *bernamъ | *bernomъ |
accusative | *berny | *berny | *berna |
instrumental | *berny | *bernami | *berny |
locative | *berněxъ | *bernaxъ | *berněxъ |
vocative | *berni | *berny | *berna |
Definite declension of *bernъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *bernъjь | *bernaja | *bernoje |
genitive | *bernajego | *bernyję̇ | *bernajego |
dative | *bernujemu | *berněji | *bernujemu |
accusative | *bernъjь | *bernǫjǫ | *bernoje |
instrumental | *bernyjimь | *bernǫjǫ | *bernyjimь |
locative | *bernějemь | *berněji | *bernějemь |
vocative | *bernъjь | *bernaja | *bernoje |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *bernaja | *berněji | *berněji |
genitive | *bernuju | *bernuju | *bernuju |
dative | *bernyjima | *bernyjima | *bernyjima |
accusative | *bernaja | *berněji | *berněji |
instrumental | *bernyjima | *bernyjima | *bernyjima |
locative | *bernuju | *bernuju | *bernuju |
vocative | *bernaja | *berněji | *berněji |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *berniji | *bernyję̇ | *bernaja |
genitive | *bernъjixъ | *bernъjixъ | *bernъjixъ |
dative | *bernyjimъ | *bernyjimъ | *bernyjimъ |
accusative | *bernyję̇ | *bernyję̇ | *bernaja |
instrumental | *bernyjimi | *bernyjimi | *bernyjimi |
locative | *bernyjixъ | *bernyjixъ | *bernyjixъ |
vocative | *berniji | *bernyję̇ | *bernaja |
Derived terms
[edit]- *berniti (“to carry a child”)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- South Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Gołąb, Zbigniew (1992) “III. Stratification of vocabulary”, in The Origins Of The Slavs: A Linguist's View, Slavica, page 117: “*bernъ ~ *dětъ ‘child’, the former attested indirectly”
- “bernas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic adjectives
- Proto-Slavic terms with obsolete senses
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