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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic дъбрь (dŭbrĭ) : дьбрь (dĭbrĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dьbrь (“valley, ravine”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubr-, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
Pronunciation
Noun
де́бри • (débri) m inan pl (genitive де́брей, plural only)
- thickets, jungle, wilderness, wilds, bush
- (figuratively) maze, labyrinth
- запу́таться в де́брях ― zapútatʹsja v débrjax ― to be lost in the maze (of something), to get bogged down (in a difficult problem)
Declension
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plural
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| nominative
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де́бри
débri
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| genitive
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де́брей
débrej
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| dative
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де́брям
débrjam
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| accusative
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де́бри
débri
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| instrumental
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де́брями
débrjami
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| prepositional
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де́брях
débrjax
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дебрь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дебри”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 234