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бровь

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Russian

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Etymology

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PIE word
*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

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Noun

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бровь (brovʹf inan (genitive бро́ви, nominative plural бро́ви, genitive plural брове́й, relational adjective бро́вный, diminutive бро́вка)

  1. eyebrow

Declension

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “бровь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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