bъrtъ

bъrtь; bъrtъ Grammatical information: f. i; m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `hive of wild bees'

Page in Trubačev: III 132-133

Russian:

bort' `wild beehive' [f i]

Old Russian:

bъrtь `log for bees, tree with a beehive' [f i];

bortь `log for bees, tree with a beehive' [f i]

Belorussian:

borc' `wild beehive' [f i]

Ukrainian:

bort `wild beehive' [m o];

bort' `wild beehive' [m jo];

bort' (dial.) `natural or artificial beehive in a tree, opening in a hive for viewing bees, wild family of bees living in a hollow tree-trunk' [f i] \{1\}

Czech:

brt' `wild beehive, (dial.) opening in or section of a beehive [f i]

Old Czech:

brt `beehive (also of wild bees)' [f i]

Slovak:

brt `opening in a beehive' [m o]

Polish:

barć `wild beehive' [f i]

Slovene:

brt `hollow tree with bees' [m o] \{2\}

Indo-European reconstruction: bʰrH-t-

Page in Pokorny: 133

Other cognates:

Lat. forāmen `opening' [n]

Notes:

\{1\} Other dialect forms are bort' [f i], bôrt [f i] and bort [m o]. \{2\} Possibly of Czech origin.