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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebězgъ

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

Equivalent to *drеbь (“debris”) +‎ *-zgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dreb, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). Cognate with Lithuanian drebė̃znos (“remnant, piece”) and possibly Latvian drubazas[1].

Parallel to Proto-Slavic *drobězgъ (“crumbs, small fry”).

Noun

*drebězgъ m

  1. fragment, shard
  2. (onomatopoeic) tinkling, sound of breaking

Alternative forms
  • *drebězga f

Declension
Declension of *drebězgъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *drebězgъ *drebězga *drebězdzi
Accusative *drebězgъ *drebězga *drebězgy
Genitive *drebězga *drebězgu *drebězgъ
Locative *drebězdzě *drebězgu *drebězdzěxъ
Dative *drebězgu *drebězgoma *drebězgomъ
Instrumental *drebězgъmь, *drebězgomь* *drebězgoma *drebězgy
Vocative *dreběždže *drebězga *drebězdzi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *drebъ (“residue of linen, wool”)
  • *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
  • *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
  • *dreboliti (“to break apart”)
  • *drobъ (“chunk; liver, intestine”)
  • *droba (“sediment”)
  • *drobь (“fraction, part”)
    • *drobiti (“to fraction, to crush”)
    • *drobina (“intestine, entrails”)

Derived terms
  • *dreběždžati (“to tinkle”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дре́безг (drébezg)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • → Upper Sorbian: drjebjeńca

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “drebėznos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
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