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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/greby

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

From *greti +‎ *-y. For the suffix compare Latin pecten (< pectō).

Noun

*greby m[1]

  1. comb

Inflection
Declension of *greby (n-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *greby *grebeni *grebene
genitive *grebene *grebenu *grebenъ
dative *grebeni *grebenьma *grebenьmъ
accusative *grebenь *grebeni *grebeni
instrumental *grebenьmь *grebenьma *grebenьmi
locative *grebene *grebenu *grebenьxъ
vocative *greby *grebeni *grebene

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “гребень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*grebenь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 186: “m. jo ‘comb’”
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