- brìti
- brìti
Grammatical information: v.
Accent paradigm: a
Proto-Slavic meaning: `shave'
Page in Trubačev: III 31-32Church Slavic:briti sę (Christ.) `shave' [verb], brijǫ sę [1sg]Russian:brit' `shave' [verb], bréju [1sg]Czech:bříti (obs.) `shave' [verb] \{1\}Slovak:brit' `shave' [verb]Serbo-Croatian:brȉti (arch., obs.) `shave, cut' [verb], brȉjēm [1sg];brìjati `shave, cut' [verb], brȉjēm [1sg];brȉjati `shave, cut' [verb], brȉjēm [1sg];Čak. brȉt (Orbanići) `shave' [verb], brȋje [3sg]Slovene:bríti `shave, shear' [verb], brȋjem [1sg]Bulgarian:bríja `shave' [verb]Indo-European reconstruction: bʰr(e)iH-Certainty: +Page in Pokorny: 166Other cognates:Skt. bhrīṇā́ti `injure' [verb];OIr. bronnaid [verb3sipa] `injure, damage';OIc. brinna [verb] `to cause a cutting, sharp sorrow';MoHG brennen [verb] `to cause a cutting, sharp sorrow'Notes:\{1\} Possibly a borrowing: the verb is not attested in Old Czech.
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