Brač

See also: brac, BRAC, brać, brač, and braç

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Brač

Etymology

From Illyrian *brentos (“stag”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project; horn, antler”). The Illyrian origin is deduced from Messapic *brendon — ἔλαφον (élaphon, “deer”).^[1] Historically, the island was known in Ancient Greek as Βραττία (Brattía), later appearing in Latin as Brattia. The "stag" etymology is supported by Stephanus of Byzantium, who noted the island was called Ἐλαφοῦσα (Elaphoûsa) (“deer island”) by the Greeks.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /brâːt͡ʃ/
Homophones: brȃč

Proper noun

Brȃč m inan (Cyrillic spelling Бра̑ч, relational adjective brȃčkī, demonym Bráčanin, female demonym Bráčānka)

an island off the coast of Dalmatia

Declension

Declension of Brač

	singular
nominative	Brȃč
genitive	Bráča
dative	Braču
accusative	Brač
vocative	Braču
locative	Braču
instrumental	Bračem

References

^ Stanisław Rospond (1992), Slawische Namenkunde: Die slawischen Ortsnamen, page 162: “The suggestion is due to Anton Mayer (1957), adducing Stephanus of Byzantium De urbibus: "Brettia, insula maris Adriatici habens fluvium Brettium. Hanc Graeci Elaphusam, alii vero Bretanidem appellant".”

[1] Stanisław Rospond (1992), Slawische Namenkunde: Die slawischen Ortsnamen, page 162: “The suggestion is due to Anton Mayer (1957), adducing Stephanus of Byzantium De urbibus: "Brettia, insula maris Adriatici habens fluvium Brettium. Hanc Graeci Elaphusam, alii vero Bretanidem appellant".”

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