Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/bordačь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *borda (“beard”) +‎ *-ačь.

Noun

*bordačь m

bearded man

Inflection

Declension of *bordačь (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*bordačь	*bordača	*bordači
genitive	*bordača	*bordaču	*bordačь
dative	*bordaču	*bordačema	*bordačemъ
accusative	*bordačь	*bordača	*bordačę̇
instrumental	bordačьmь, bordačemь^*	*bordačema	*bordači
locative	*bordači	*bordaču	*bordačixъ
vocative	*bordaču	*bordača	*bordači

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

*bordatъ (“bearded”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: барада́ч (baradáč)
- Russian: борода́ч (borodáč)
- Ukrainian: борода́ч (borodáč)
South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian: bràdȃč
- Slovene: bradáč
West Slavic:
- Czech: bradáč
- Polish: brodacz
- Slovak: bradáč
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: brodač

References

Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “борода”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 104
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bordačь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 198