See brьvь in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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{
"lang": "Church Slavonic",
"lang_code": "zls-chs",
"roman": "brĭvĭ",
"word": "брьвь"
},
{
"lang": "Church Slavonic",
"lang_code": "zls-chs",
"roman": "brŭvĭ",
"word": "бръвь"
},
{
"lang": "Church Slavonic",
"lang_code": "zls-chs",
"roman": "bervĭ",
"word": "бервь"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
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"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ber",
"word": "бер"
},
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "berʹ",
"word": "берь"
}
],
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"roman": "brĭvĭ",
"word": "брьвь"
},
{
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"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ber",
"word": "бер"
},
{
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"word": "берь"
}
],
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"word": "бръвь"
},
{
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"lang_code": "uk",
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"word": "бер"
},
{
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"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "berʹ",
"word": "берь"
}
],
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"lang_code": "orv",
"roman": "bervĭ",
"word": "бервь"
}
],
"lang": "East Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "brǎv",
"word": "бръв"
},
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "brʹvʹ",
"word": "брьвь"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Cyrillic script",
"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "бр̑в"
},
{
"lang": "Latin script",
"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "bȓv"
}
],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh"
},
{
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"word": "bŕv"
}
],
"lang": "South Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Old Czech",
"lang_code": "zlw-ocs",
"word": "břev"
}
],
"lang": "West Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "brū",
"3": "",
"4": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse brū (“bridge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-gau",
"2": "brīva",
"3": "",
"4": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "Gaulish brīva (“bridge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*brugjǭ",
"3": "",
"4": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ (“bridge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "English bridge",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "bruggia"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon bruggia",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "brucka"
},
"expansion": "Old High German brucka",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Apparently from dissimilation of earlier *brъvь, from ь-extension of *bry. Lexical division occurred in PIE.\nCompare\nOld Norse brū (“bridge”),\nGaulish brīva (“bridge”) (< *bʰrēwā),\nProto-Germanic *brugjǭ (“bridge”) (> English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Old High German brucka)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sla-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvľu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьjь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьma",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьmъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьjǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvľǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьma",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьmi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvľu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьxъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "f"
},
"name": "sla-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Slavic",
"lang_code": "sla-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvь",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "beam",
"translation": "beam",
"word": "brьvьno"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bridge, crossbar"
],
"id": "en-brьvь-sla-pro-noun-84W7KhkW",
"links": [
[
"bridge",
"bridge"
],
[
"crossbar",
"crossbar"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "eyebrow",
"translation": "eyebrow",
"word": "bry"
},
{
"topics": [
"bridge",
"games"
],
"word": "mostъ"
},
{
"word": "brьva"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "brьvь"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "beam",
"translation": "beam",
"word": "brьvьno"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Church Slavonic",
"lang_code": "zls-chs",
"roman": "brĭvĭ",
"word": "брьвь"
},
{
"lang": "Church Slavonic",
"lang_code": "zls-chs",
"roman": "brŭvĭ",
"word": "бръвь"
},
{
"lang": "Church Slavonic",
"lang_code": "zls-chs",
"roman": "bervĭ",
"word": "бервь"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ber",
"word": "бер"
},
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "berʹ",
"word": "берь"
}
],
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"lang_code": "orv",
"roman": "brĭvĭ",
"word": "брьвь"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ber",
"word": "бер"
},
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "berʹ",
"word": "берь"
}
],
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"lang_code": "orv",
"roman": "brŭvĭ",
"word": "бръвь"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "ber",
"word": "бер"
},
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "berʹ",
"word": "берь"
}
],
"lang": "Old East Slavic",
"lang_code": "orv",
"roman": "bervĭ",
"word": "бервь"
}
],
"lang": "East Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "brǎv",
"word": "бръв"
},
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "brʹvʹ",
"word": "брьвь"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Cyrillic script",
"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "бр̑в"
},
{
"lang": "Latin script",
"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "bȓv"
}
],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh"
},
{
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"word": "bŕv"
}
],
"lang": "South Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Old Czech",
"lang_code": "zlw-ocs",
"word": "břev"
}
],
"lang": "West Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "brū",
"3": "",
"4": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse brū (“bridge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-gau",
"2": "brīva",
"3": "",
"4": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "Gaulish brīva (“bridge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*brugjǭ",
"3": "",
"4": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ (“bridge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "bridge"
},
"expansion": "English bridge",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "bruggia"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon bruggia",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "brucka"
},
"expansion": "Old High German brucka",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Apparently from dissimilation of earlier *brъvь, from ь-extension of *bry. Lexical division occurred in PIE.\nCompare\nOld Norse brū (“bridge”),\nGaulish brīva (“bridge”) (< *bʰrēwā),\nProto-Germanic *brugjǭ (“bridge”) (> English bridge, Old Saxon bruggia, Old High German brucka)",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sla-decl-noun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvľu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьjь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьma",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьmъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvь",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьjǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvľǫ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьma",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьmi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvľu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvьxъ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "brьvi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "f"
},
"name": "sla-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Slavic",
"lang_code": "sla-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/brьvь",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "eyebrow",
"translation": "eyebrow",
"word": "bry"
},
{
"topics": [
"bridge",
"games"
],
"word": "mostъ"
},
{
"word": "brьva"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Slavic feminine i-stem nouns",
"Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
"Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns",
"Proto-Slavic lemmas",
"Proto-Slavic nouns",
"sla-pro:Bridges"
],
"glosses": [
"bridge, crossbar"
],
"links": [
[
"bridge",
"bridge"
],
[
"crossbar",
"crossbar"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "brьvь"
}
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