отребье
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Associated with тереби́ть (terebítʹ). The presence of ⟨ре⟩ instead of ⟨ере⟩ is associated with the late loss of the pre-stressed vowel, or is associated with Old Novgorod or Old Pskov liquid metathesis.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]отре́бье • (otrébʹje) n inan (genitive отре́бья, nominative plural отре́бья, genitive plural отре́бьев)
- (also plural, dated) scum, worthless remnants, waste, rabble, refuse
- (also plural, derogatory) the dregs of society, morally debased or criminal elements
- rags, tatters
- 1847, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть первая. II”, in Хозяйка; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Landlady, 1914:
- Там, у пе́чки, в кото́рой стря́палось ку́шанье, хлопота́ла ма́ленькая сго́рбленная старушо́нка, така́я гря́зная и в тако́м отврати́тельном отре́бье, что жа́лко бы́ло смотре́ть на неё.
- Tam, u péčki, v kotóroj strjápalosʹ kúšanʹje, xlopotála málenʹkaja sgórblennaja starušónka, takája grjáznaja i v takóm otvratítelʹnom otrébʹje, što žálko býlo smotrétʹ na nejó.
- There by the stove in which the cooking was done a little humpbacked old woman was busily at work, so filthy and clothed in such rags that she was a pitiful sight.
Declension
[edit]Declension of отре́бье (inan neut-form vowel-stem accent-a irreg)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | отре́бье otrébʹje |
отре́бья otrébʹja |
genitive | отре́бья otrébʹja |
отре́бьев△ otrébʹjev△ |
dative | отре́бью otrébʹju |
отре́бьям otrébʹjam |
accusative | отре́бье otrébʹje |
отре́бья otrébʹja |
instrumental | отре́бьем otrébʹjem |
отре́бьями otrébʹjami |
prepositional | отре́бье otrébʹje |
отре́бьях otrébʹjax |
△ Irregular.
References
[edit]- ^ Andrey Zaliznyak. Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt. Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury: Moskva. 2004. page 40-41
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