бровь
Appearance
Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| PIE word |
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| *h₃bʰrúHs |
Inherited from Old East Slavic бръвь (brŭvĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bry. Cognates include Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /brūg/), Northern Kurdish birû, Ossetian ӕрфыг (ærfyg), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū), Old English brū (and thus also English brow).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]бровь • (brovʹ) f inan (genitive бро́ви, nominative plural бро́ви, genitive plural брове́й, relational adjective бро́вный, diminutive бро́вка)
- eyebrow
- 1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 2, Часть четвёртая, X”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:
- Наря́д Со́ни был лу́чше всех. Её усы́ и бро́ви необыкнове́нно шли к ней.
- Narjád Sóni byl lúčše vsex. Jejó usý i bróvi neobyknovénno šli k nej.
- Sónya's costume was the best of all. Her mustache and eyebrows were extraordinarily becoming.
Declension
[edit]Declension of бровь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
Pre-reform declension of бровь (inan fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)
Derived terms
[edit]- брова́стый (brovástyj)
- бро́вка f (bróvka)
Compounds:
- каранда́ш для брове́й m (karandáš dlja brovéj)
- Phrases
- не в бровь, а в глаз (ne v brovʹ, a v glaz)
Related terms
[edit]- белобры́сый (belobrýsyj)
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бровь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “бровь”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
- Kuznetsov, Sergey Alexandrovich (1998), “бровь”, in Большой толковый словарь русского языка [Great Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Norint, →ISBN
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