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brolis

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Haplology of broterė́lis ‘little brother’, diminutive of *bróter- (in broterỹstė ‘brotherhood’, bróterautis ‘to fraternize, ally’), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *brā́ˀtē[1] (compare Old Prussian brāti), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr.[2] Another haplological form is dialectal brotis ‘brother’, but with preserved -t-.[2] Parallel formation in Latvian brālis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brólis m (plural bróliai) stress pattern 1

  1. brother

Declension

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Declension of brólis
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) brólis bróliai
genitive (kilmininkas) brólio brólių
dative (naudininkas) bróliui bróliams
accusative (galininkas) brólį brólius
instrumental (įnagininkas) bróliu bróliais
locative (vietininkas) brólyje bróliuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) bróli bróliai

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rick Derksen, Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 60.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dagmar S. Wodko, Britta Irslinger, and Carolin Schneider, eds., Nomina im Indogermanischen Lexikon (Heidelberg: Winter UP, 2012), 38, 40.

Spanish

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Noun

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brolis

  1. plural of broli