Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьlbiti

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 *dʰl̥bʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *delbaną (“to dig, hollow out”).

Verb

*dьlbiti

1. to hollow, chisel

Inflection

Conjugation of *dьlbiti, *dьlbi, *dьlbitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dьlbľenьje	*dьlbiti	*dьlbitъ	*dьlbilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dьlbľenъ	*dьlbimъ
Active	*dьlbľь	*dьlbę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьlbixъ	*dьlbi	*dьlbi	*dьlbľǫ	*dьlbiši	*dьlbitь
Dual	*dьlbixově	*dьlbista	*dьlbiste	*dьlbivě	*dьlbita	*dьlbite
Plural	*dьlbixomъ	*dьlbiste	*dьlbišę	*dьlbimъ	*dьlbite	*dьlbętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dьlbľaaxъ	*dьlbľaaše	*dьlbľaaše	—	*dьlbi	*dьlbi
Dual	*dьlbľaaxově	*dьlbľaašeta	*dьlbľaašete	*dьlbivě	*dьlbita	—
Plural	*dьlbľaaxomъ	*dьlbľaašete	*dьlbľaaxǫ	*dьlbimъ	*dьlbite	—

Notes:
• (*)*dьlbivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

• *delto
• *dętelъ
• *dolto
• *dьlti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: долбі́ць (dolbícʹ)
  • Russian: долби́ть (dolbítʹ), долба́ть (dolbátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: довба́ти (dovbáty),
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ду́бити

    Latin script: dúbiti

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: dłubać

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dьlbiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 133