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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebъ

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

E-vocalism of Proto-Slavic *drobъ (“chunck; intestine”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). Akin to Lithuanian drebėti (“to quiver, to tremble”), Latvian drebêt (“to quiver”)[1].

Noun

*drebъ m[2]

  1. residue, remnant
  2. fuzz, lint, strand (of linen, wool, hemp)

Declension
Declension of *drebъ (hard o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *drebъ *dreba *drebi
Accusative *drebъ *dreba *dreby
Genitive *dreba *drebu *drebъ
Locative *drebě *drebu *dreběxъ
Dative *drebu *dreboma *drebomъ
Instrumental *drebъmь, *drebomь* *dreboma *dreby
Vocative *drebe *dreba *drebi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *drebь (“debris”)
    • *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
    • *drebьnavъ (“petty, fussy”)
    • *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
  • *droba (“sediment”)
  • *drobь (“fraction”)
    • *drobiti (“to fraction, to crush”)
    • *drobina (“intestine, entrails”)

Derived terms
  • *drebъxa (“dress”)
  • *dreboliti (“to break apart”)
    • *drebolьja (“tiny, insignificant thing”)
  • *drebězgъ (“fragment, shrud”)
  • *dreboskъ (“midget”)
  • *drebakъ (“trifle; small grove”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дре́б (dréb)
    • ⇒ Macedonian: дреболија (drebolija)

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “drebėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drebъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 116
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