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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebězgъ
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”).
Alternative forms
- *drebězga f
Declension
Declension of *drebězgъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *drebězgъ | *drebězga | *drebězdzi |
genitive | *drebězga | *drebězgu | *drebězgъ |
dative | *drebězgu | *drebězgoma | *drebězgomъ |
accusative | *drebězgъ | *drebězga | *drebězgy |
instrumental | *drebězgъmь, *drebězgomь* | *drebězgoma | *drebězgy |
locative | *drebězdzě | *drebězgu | *drebězdzěxъ |
vocative | *dreběždže | *drebězga | *drebězdzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Derived terms
- *dreběždžati (“to tinkle”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: дре́безг (drébezg)
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- → Upper Sorbian: drjebjeńca
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дре́безг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drebězgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 105
References
- 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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