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)

1. Bryansk (a city, the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Брянськ (inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)

	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), numbers 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), numbers 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 320