Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьlbati

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 *dьlbti +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*dьlbati^[1]

to hollow, to chisel

Inflection

Conjugation of *dьlbati, *dьlba, *dьlbajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьlbanьje	*dьlbati	*dьlbatъ	*dьlbalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьlbanъ	*dьlbajemъ
Active	*dьlbavъ	*dьlbaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьlbaxъ	*dьlba	*dьlba	*dьlbajǫ	*dьlbaješi	*dьlbajetь
Dual	*dьlbaxově	*dьlbasta	*dьlbaste	*dьlbajevě	*dьlbajeta	*dьlbajete
Plural	*dьlbaxomъ	*dьlbaste	*dьlbašę	*dьlbajemъ	*dьlbajete	*dьlbajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьlbaaxъ	*dьlbaaše	*dьlbaaše	—	*dьlbaji	*dьlbaji
Dual	*dьlbaaxově	*dьlbaašeta	*dьlbaašete	*dьlbajivě	*dьlbajita	—
Plural	*dьlbaaxomъ	*dьlbaašete	*dьlbaaxǫ	*dьlbajimъ	*dьlbajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *дълбати (*dŭlbati)
  - Old Ruthenian: *довбати (*dovbati)
    - Belarusian: дзяўба́ць (dzjaŭbácʹ)
    - Ukrainian: довба́ти (dovbáty)
  - Russian: долба́ть (dolbátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дълба́я (dǎlbája)
- Macedonian: долба (dolba) (dialectal)
- Slovene: dȏłbati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: dloubat
- Kashubian: dłëbac
- Old Polish: dłubać
  - Polish: dłubać
  - Silesian: dubać
- Slovak: dlbať, dlubať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: dłypaś

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьlbati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 206

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьlbati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 206

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