дебна

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *debnǫti, cognate with Macedonian демне (demne)/дебне (debne).

Written as дѣбнѫ (děbnǫ) in Gerov's dictionary (Vol. 1: 388), probably under the influence of the similar sounding Bulgarian дябам (djabam, to seek advantage, to infiltrate).

Pronunciation

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  • де́бна: IPA(key): [ˈdɛbnɐ] (lemma, aorist)
  • дебна́: IPA(key): [dɛbˈna] (aorist only)

Verb

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де́бна (débna) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. (intransitive) to stalk, to lie in wait (for something or somebody), to be on the lookout for something, to be on the prowl, to shadow
  2. (transitive) to ambush
  3. (transitive) to watch, to keep a close watch on
    Synonym: наблюдавам (nabljudavam)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • дебя (debja, to pray, to hunt upon (stealthily))

References

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  • дебна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дебна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 329

Further reading

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  • L. Kurkina (1976) “Изоглассные связи южнославянской лексики. II”, in Этимология 2[1], pages 17-31:*deběti: болг. дѐба, -иш, дѐбна 'подстерегать, выслеживать'

Verb

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де́бна or дебна́ (débna or debná)

  1. second-person singular aorist indicative of де́бна (débna)
  2. third-person singular aorist indicative of де́бна (débna)