Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dorbъ

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 *dorbʰo-.

Cognate with Sanskrit दर्भ (darbha, “tuft/bunch of grass”), दृभति (dṛbhati, “to twist, weave, spin”), Old High German zerben (“to spin, rotate”), zurba (“sod, greensward”).

Noun

*dorbъ m

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Declension

Declension of *dȏrbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dȏrbъ	*dȏrba	*dȏrbi
genitive	*dȏrba	*dorbù	*dõrbъ
dative	*dȏrbu	*dorbomà	*dorbòmъ
accusative	*dȏrbъ	*dȏrba	*dȏrby
instrumental	*dȏrbъmь, *dȏrbomь*	*dorbomà	*dorbý
locative	*dȏrbě	*dorbù	*dorbě̃xъ
vocative	*dorbe	*dȏrba	*dȏrbi

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

Related terms

• *derbati / *derbiti
• *derti
• *dorpelьje

Descendants

• Church Slavonic: удоробь (udorobĭ) (Russian)
• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: до́раб (dórab), дарабо́к (darabók), даро́бка (daróbka)
  • Russian: до́роб (dórob), дарабо́к (darabók), до́робья (dórobʹja)
  • Ukrainian: дороба́йло (dorobájlo)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дороб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dorbъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 74