Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebъ

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

E-vocalism of Proto-Slavic *drobъ (“chunck; intestine”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). Akin to Lithuanian drebėti (“to quiver, to tremble”), Latvian drebêt (“to quiver”).

Noun

*drebъ m

1. residue, remnant
2. fuzz, lint, strand (of linen, wool, hemp)

Declension

Declension of *drebъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*drebъ	*dreba	*drebi
genitive	*dreba	*drebu	*drebъ
dative	*drebu	*dreboma	*drebomъ
accusative	*drebъ	*dreba	*dreby
instrumental	*drebъmь, *drebomь*	*dreboma	*dreby
locative	*drebě	*drebu	*dreběxъ
vocative	*drebe	*dreba	*drebi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *drebь (“debris”)
  • *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
  • *drebьnavъ (“petty, fussy”)
  • *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
• *droba (“sediment”)
• *drobь (“fraction”)
  • *drobiti (“to fraction, to crush”)
  • *drobina (“intestine, entrails”)

Derived terms

• *drebъxa (“dress”)
• *dreboliti (“to break apart”)
  • *drebolьja (“tiny, insignificant thing”)
• *drebězgъ (“fragment, shrud”)
• *dreboskъ (“midget”)
• *drebakъ (“trifle; small grove”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дре́б (dréb)
    • ⇒ Bulgarian: дреболи́я (drebolíja)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: дреболија (drebolija)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drebъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 106
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дреб”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 422