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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to grind; crush; kill”), attested only in Northern PIE (Germanic and Balto-Slavic), see also Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”), Latvian drêbt (“to beat”).[1]
Verb
*drobìti[2][3]
- to crumble, crush
Inflection
Conjugation of
*drobiti, *drobi, *drobitь (?,
-i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
|
Infinitive
|
Supine
|
L-participle
|
| *drobľenьje
|
*drobiti
|
*drobitъ
|
*drobilъ
|
|
|
Participles
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| Tense
|
Past
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Present
|
| Passive
|
*drobľenъ
|
*drobimъ
|
| Active
|
*drobľь
|
*drobę
|
|
|
Aorist
|
Present
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| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*drobixъ |
*drobi |
*drobi
|
*drobľǫ |
*drobiši |
*drobitь
|
| Dual
|
*drobixově |
*drobista |
*drobiste
|
*drobivě |
*drobita |
*drobite
|
| Plural
|
*drobixomъ |
*drobiste |
*drobišę
|
*drobimъ |
*drobite |
*drobętь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
|
| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*drobľaaxъ |
*drobľaaše |
*drobľaaše
|
— |
*drobi |
*drobi
|
| Dual
|
*drobľaaxově |
*drobľaašeta |
*drobľaašete
|
*drobivě |
*drobita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*drobľaaxomъ |
*drobľaašete |
*drobľaaxǫ
|
*drobimъ |
*drobite |
—
|
Notes: - (*)*drobivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “272-73”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 272-73
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drobìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 118: “v. ‘crumble, crush’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “drobiti: drobjǫ drobitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c findele (PR 139)”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дроби́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
