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English
Noun
darbs
- plural of darb
Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology
According to Derksen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥Hbʰ-, a zero-grade of *(s)dʰerHbʰ- (“to exert force”). Cognate with dir̂bt (“to walk fast”), Lithuanian dìrbti (“to work”), Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to work”).[1]
An older theory by Karulis derives the term from Proto-Baltic *darbas, from Proto-Indo-European *der-, *dar- (“to tear, to split”). In this analysis, the original meaning was, according to some researchers, “till, plow” (compare Russian дерба́ (derbá, “breaking; newly ploughed field”); the object of this work is Old Norse torf, torfa (“turf, sod, peat”), German Torf (“peat”), English turf, which has the same origin as Russian дёрн (djorn, “sod, turf”)) or, according to others, “wicker-work, wattling, weaving” (compare Belarusian до́раб (dórab, “basket”) (< Proto-Slavic *dorbь), даро́віць (daróvicʹ, “to bend”)). Cognates include Lithuanian dárbas. [2]
Pronunciation
Noun
darbs m (1st declension)
- work (noun), job, business
Declension
Declension of darbs (1st declension)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dirbti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “darbs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN