Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drybati

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

Uncertain. Possibly an extension of Proto-Slavic *dьrati (“to tear off”) (cf. *drapati, *draskati) or akin to Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to drip”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to crumble, to grind”).

Verb

*drybati impf

1. to scratch

   Synonym: *draskati

2. to wrinkle, to scrumple

Inflection

Conjugation of *drybati, *draska, *draskajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*draskanьje	*drybati	*drybatъ	*draskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*draskanъ	*draskajemъ
Active	*draskavъ	*draskaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*draskaxъ	*draska	*draska	*draskajǫ	*draskaješi	*draskajetь
Dual	*draskaxově	*draskasta	*draskaste	*draskajevě	*draskajeta	*draskajete
Plural	*draskaxomъ	*draskaste	*draskašę	*draskajemъ	*draskajete	*draskajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*draskaaxъ	*draskaaše	*draskaaše	—	*draskaji	*draskaji
Dual	*draskaaxově	*draskaašeta	*draskaašete	*draskajivě	*draskajita	—
Plural	*draskaaxomъ	*draskaašete	*draskaaxǫ	*draskajimъ	*draskajite	—

Derived terms

• *drybakъ (“dense, thick forest”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: дрыбать (drybatʹ, “to scribble”) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дри́бам (dríbam) (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: дриба́к (dribák, “dense forest”) (dialectal)

Further reading

• Dahl, Vladimir (1880), Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка (in Russian), vol. 1, publisher: M. O. Wolf