Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrba
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *drbʰ-eh₂. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *turbz.
Noun
[edit]*dьrba f
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Inflection
[edit]Declension of *dьrba (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *dьrba | *dьrbě | *dьrby |
| genitive | *dьrby | *dьrbu | *dьrbъ |
| dative | *dьrbě | *dьrbama | *dьrbamъ |
| accusative | *dьrbǫ | *dьrbě | *dьrby |
| instrumental | *dьrbojǫ, *dьrbǫ** | *dьrbama | *dьrbami |
| locative | *dьrbě | *dьrbu | *dьrbasъ, *dьrbaxъ* |
| vocative | *dьrbo | *dьrbě | *dьrby |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьrba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дерба́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress