Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/berďь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *berˀdjāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerh₁dyeh₂ (or *bʰerh₁deh₂ + *-j-), from *bʰer- (“to bear (give birth to)”) + *-d-.

Compare Lithuanian ber̃ždžias (“barren (of a cow)”), ber̃gždžias (“barren (of a cow)”), Latin fordus (“pregnant”) (< *foridos), forda.

Adjective

*bèrďь

1. pregnant

Declension

Indefinite declension of *berďь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*berďь	*berďa	*berďe
genitive	*berďa	*berďę̇	*berďa
dative	*berďu	*berďi	*berďu
accusative	*berďь	*berďǫ	*berďe
instrumental	*berďemь	*berďejǫ	*berďemь
locative	*berďi	*berďi	*berďi
vocative	*berďu	*berďe	*berďe
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*berďa	*berďi	*berďi
genitive	*berďu	*berďu	*berďu
dative	*berďema	*berďama	*berďema
accusative	*berďa	*berďi	*berďi
instrumental	*berďema	*berďama	*berďema
locative	*berďu	*berďu	*berďu
vocative	*berďa	*berďi	*berďi
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*berďi	*berďę̇	*berďa
genitive	*berďь	*berďь	*berďь
dative	*berďemъ	*berďamъ	*berďemъ
accusative	*berďę̇	*berďę̇	*berďa
instrumental	*berďi	*berďami	*berďi
locative	*berďixъ	*berďaxъ	*berďixъ
vocative	*berďi	*berďę̇	*berďa

Definite declension of *berďь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*berďьjь	*berďaja	*berďeje
genitive	*berďajego	*berďę̇ję̇	*berďajego
dative	*berďujemu	*berďiji	*berďujemu
accusative	*berďьjь	*berďǫjǫ	*berďeje
instrumental	*berďijimь	*berďǫjǫ	*berďijimь
locative	*berďijemь	*berďiji	*berďijemь
vocative	*berďьjь	*berďaja	*berďeje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*berďaja	*berďiji	*berďiji
genitive	*berďuju	*berďuju	*berďuju
dative	*berďijima	*berďijima	*berďijima
accusative	*berďaja	*berďiji	*berďiji
instrumental	*berďijima	*berďijima	*berďijima
locative	*berďuju	*berďuju	*berďuju
vocative	*berďaja	*berďiji	*berďiji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*berďiji	*berďę̇ję̇	*berďaja
genitive	*berďьjixъ	*berďьjixъ	*berďьjixъ
dative	*berďijimъ	*berďijimъ	*berďijimъ
accusative	*berďę̇ję̇	*berďę̇ję̇	*berďaja
instrumental	*berďijimi	*berďijimi	*berďijimi
locative	*berďijixъ	*berďijixъ	*berďijixъ
vocative	*berďiji	*berďę̇ję̇	*berďaja

See also

• *bermenьnъ, *bermenatъ, *bermenitъ (< *bermę (“load, burden”))

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: бережая (berežaja)
  • Ukrainian: бережа (bereža)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: брѣжда (brěžda)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бређа

    Latin script: bređa

  • Slovene: brẹ́ja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: břězí
    • Czech: březí

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бережая”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*berdja”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 188