βραχύς: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[short]] (Hdt., Pi.)<br />Other forms: Comp. <b class="b3">βραχύτερος</b>, <b class="b3">-τατος</b>, <b class="b3">βράχιστος</b>. <b class="b3">ἅπ</b>. <b class="b3">λεγ</b>. <b class="b3">βράσσων τε νόος</b> (Κ 226), (after <b class="b3">θάσσων</b>?), s. Seiler, Steigerungsformen 43. Aeol. <b class="b3">βροχύς</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βραχύτης</b>, <b class="b3">-τητος</b> (Pl.); <b class="b3">τὸ βράχος</b> only Procop.). Denom. <b class="b3">βραχύνω</b> [[shorten]] (Hp.). On <b class="b3">βράχεα</b> n. pl. [[shallows]] s. [[βράγος]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [750] <b class="b2">*mr̥ǵhú-</b> [[short]]<br />Etymology: Agrees with Skt. <b class="b2">múhuḥ</b>, <b class="b2">múhu</b> adv. [[suddenly]], <b class="b2">muhūrtá-</b> n. <b class="b2">short time, moment</b>, MInd. form for <b class="b2">*mr̥hú-</b>, Av. <b class="b2">mǝrǝzu-</b> [[short]] in <b class="b2">mǝrǝzu-ǰīti-</b>, <b class="b2">mǝrǝzu-ǰ(ī)va-</b> <b class="b2">short life</b> resp. [[shortlived]] (cf. <b class="b3">ὁ βίος βραχύς</b> Hp.), Sogd. [[murzak]] <b class="b2">id.</b>; OHG <b class="b2">murg(i</b>) [[kurz]], OE [[myrge]] [[kurzweilig]], Goth. <b class="b2">*maúrgus</b> in <b class="b2">ga-maúrgjan</b> [[shorten]]; also Lat. [[brevis]] < <b class="b2">*mreǵhu̯-i-</b>.