Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
E-vocalism of Proto-Slavic *drobъ (“chunck; intestine”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). Akin to Lithuanian drebėti (“to quiver, to tremble”), Latvian drebêt (“to quiver”).[1]
Noun
*drebъ m[2]
Declension
Declension of *drebъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drebъ | *dreba | *drebi |
| genitive | *dreba | *drebu | *drebъ |
| dative | *drebu | *dreboma | *drebomъ |
| accusative | *drebъ | *dreba | *dreby |
| instrumental | *drebъmь, *drebomь* | *dreboma | *dreby |
| locative | *drebě | *drebu | *dreběxъ |
| vocative | *drebe | *dreba | *drebi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *drebь (“debris”)
- *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
- *drebьnavъ (“petty, fussy”)
- *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
- *droba (“sediment”)
- *drobь (“fraction”)
Derived terms
- *drebъxa (“dress”)
- *dreboliti (“to break apart”)
- *drebolьja (“tiny, insignificant thing”)
- *drebězgъ (“fragment, shrud”)
- *dreboskъ (“midget”)
- *drebakъ (“trifle; small grove”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drebъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 106
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дреб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 422
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “drebėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drebъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 116