дебна

From Proto-Slavic *debnǫti, cognate with Macedonian демне (demne)/дебне (debne).

Written as дѣбнѫ (děbnǫ) in Gerov's dictionary (Vol. 1: 388), probably under the influence of the similar sounding Bulgarian дябам (djabam, “to seek advantage, to infiltrate”).

• де́бна: IPA^(key): (lemma, aorist)
• дебна́: IPA^(key): (aorist only)

де́бна • (débna) first-singular present indicative, impf

1. (intransitive) to stalk, to lie in wait (for something or somebody), to be on the lookout for something, to be on the prowl, to shadow
2. (transitive) to ambush
3. (transitive) to watch, to keep a close watch on

   Synonym: наблюдавам (nabljudavam)

• задебна (zadebna, “to get stalking”)
• издебна (izdebna, “to find the right moment to act/charge”)
• подебна (podebna, “to stalk for a while”)
• предебна (predebna, “to ambush”)
• дебнешком (debneškom, “secretly, stealthy”)

• дебя (debja, “to pray, to hunt upon (stealthily)”)

• “дебна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дебна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 329

• L. Kurkina (1976) “Изоглассные связи южнославянской лексики. II”, in Этимология 2‎, pages 17-31: “*deběti: болг. дѐба, -иш, дѐбна 'подстерегать, выслеживать'”

де́бна or дебна́ • (débna or debná)

1. second-person singular aorist indicative of де́бна (débna)
2. third-person singular aorist indicative of де́бна (débna)