Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drobězgъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Equivalent to *drobь (“fraction”) + *-zgъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). Cognate with Latvian drabažas (“bark that has fallen”)[1].
Parallel to Proto-Slavic *drebězgъ (“fragment, shard”).
Noun
*drоbězgъ m[2]
Alternative forms
- *droběskъ
- *drobězga f
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drobězgъ | *drobězga | *drobězdzi |
| genitive | *drobězga | *drobězgu | *drobězgъ |
| dative | *drobězgu | *drobězgoma | *drobězgomъ |
| accusative | *drobězgъ | *drobězga | *drobězgy |
| instrumental | *drobězgъmь, *drobězgomь* | *drobězgoma | *drobězgy |
| locative | *drobězdzě | *drobězgu | *drobězdzěxъ |
| vocative | *droběždže | *drobězga | *drobězdzi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дро́бязь (dróbjazʹ)
- Russian: дробезга́ (drobezgá)
- Ukrainian: дрі́б'язок (dríbʺjazok), gen. дріб'язку (dribʺjazku)
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drobězgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 118
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “drubazas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drobězgъ; *drobězga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 118