Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobyti

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

By surface analysis, *do- +‎ *byti.

Verb

*dobyti pf (imperfective *dobyvati)[1]

  1. to acquire, to gain, to extract

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дабы́ць (dabýcʹ)
    • Russian: добы́ть (dobýtʹ)
    • Ukrainian: добу́ти (dobúty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: dobýt
    • Old Polish: dobyć
    • Pomeranian:
      • Kashubian: dobëc
      • Slovincian: dôbëc
    • Old Slovak:
      • Pannonian Rusyn: добиц (dobic)
      • Slovak: dobyť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: dobyś
      • Upper Sorbian: dobyć

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobyti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 47