Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drobiti

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

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to grind; crush; kill”), attested only in Northern PIE (Germanic and Balto-Slavic), see also Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”), Latvian drêbt (“to beat”).^[1]

Verb

*drobìti^[2]^[3]

to crumble, crush

Inflection

Conjugation of *drobiti, *drobi, *drobitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*drobľenьje	*drobiti	*drobitъ	*drobilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*drobľenъ	*drobimъ
Active	*drobľь	*drobę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drobixъ	*drobi	*drobi	*drobľǫ	*drobiši	*drobitь
Dual	*drobixově	*drobista	*drobiste	*drobivě	*drobita	*drobite
Plural	*drobixomъ	*drobiste	*drobišę	*drobimъ	*drobite	*drobętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drobľaaxъ	*drobľaaše	*drobľaaše	—	*drobi	*drobi
Dual	*drobľaaxově	*drobľaašeta	*drobľaašete	*drobivě	*drobita	—
Plural	*drobľaaxomъ	*drobľaašete	*drobľaaxǫ	*drobimъ	*drobite	—

(*)*drobivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: дроби́ть (drobítʹ)
- Ukrainian: дроби́ти (drobýty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: дробити (drobiti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⱃⱁⰱⰻⱅⰻ (drobiti)
- Bulgarian: дробя́ (drobjá)
- Macedonian: дроби (drobi)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дро̀бити
  
  Latin script: dròbiti
- Slovene: drobīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: drobiti
  - Czech: drobit
- Polish: drobić
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: drobic
  - Slovincian: drôbjic
- Slovak: drobiť

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 272-73
^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drobìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 118: “v. ‘crumble, crush’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “drobiti: drobjǫ drobitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c findele (PR 139)”