Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dybati

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 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

Uncertain. Probably formed as *dyba (“staff, derrick”) +‎ *-ti from 0-grade of Proto-Indo-European *dwe(m)b- (“top”), akin to Proto-Germanic *tuppijô (“to be atop”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep”), related to Proto-Slavic *ďubati (“to peck”), Proto-Germanic *daupijaną (“to immerse”) via uncertain semantic shift.

Verb

*dybati impf

  1. to meander, to stagger
  2. to stay atop, to stand on back feet (for tetrapod animals)

Inflection

Conjugation of *dybati, *dyba, *dybetь (impf., -a/C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*dybanьje *dybati *dybatъ *dybalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *dybanъ *dybomъ
Active *dybavъ *dyby
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *dybaxъ *dyba *dyba *dybǫ *dybeši *dybetь
Dual *dybaxově *dybasta *dybaste *dybevě *dybeta *dybete
Plural *dybaxomъ *dybaste *dybašę *dybemъ *dybete *dybǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *dybaaxъ *dybaaše *dybaaše — *dybi *dybi
Dual *dybaaxově *dybaašeta *dybaašete *dyběvě *dyběta —
Plural *dybaaxomъ *dybaašete *dybaaxǫ *dyběmъ *dyběte —
  • *dyba (“staff, derrick”)
  • *dъbati (“to look after, to account”) (possibly)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дꙑбати (dybati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dybаti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 197
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дибя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 381
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