brona

See also: broná, bróna, and Broňa

Lower Sorbian
brona

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *borna.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔna/

Noun

brona f

  1. harrow (device for smoothing and breaking up soil)

Declension
Declension of brona
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative brona bronje brony
Genitive brony bronowu bronow
Dative bronje bronoma bronam
Accusative bronu bronje brony
Instrumental bronu bronoma bronami
Locative bronje bronoma bronach

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “brona”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “brona”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borna.[1] Doublet of brama (“gate”), derived from Old Czech.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.na/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔna
  • Syllabification: bro‧na

Noun

brona f

  1. (agriculture) harrow
  2. (fortifications) portcullis

Declension
Declension of brona
singular plural
nominative brona brony
genitive brony bron
dative bronie bronom
accusative bronę brony
instrumental broną bronami
locative bronie bronach
vocative brono brony

Derived terms
  • bronować

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “brona”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading
  • brona in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • brona in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

brona f (Cyrillic spelling брона)

  1. Bronze (alloy).
  2. (sports) A bronze medal.
  3. A cowbell.

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse bruni.

Noun

brona m

  1. Burning.[1][2]
  2. Fire, conflagration.[1][2]

Verb

brona

  1. To glow from feber.[2]

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Brona”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 53
  2. Lindgren, J. V., 1940, “*bråne r., *bråna sv. v. 1”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 20
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