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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьbrь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *dubris, an i-stem derivative of the adjective Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós, from *dʰewbʰ-. Cognate with Latvian dubra, Proto-Celtic *dubros.

Noun

*dь̏brь f [1][2]

  1. valley, ravine

Inflection
Declension of *dь̏brь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *dь̏brь *dь̏bri *dь̏bri
Accusative *dь̏brь *dь̏bri *dь̏bri
Genitive *dьbrí *dьbrьjù, *dьbřu* *dьbrь̀jь
Locative *dьbrí *dьbrьjù, *dьbřu* *dь̏brьxъ
Dative *dь̏bri *dьbrьmà *dь̏brьmъ
Instrumental *dьbrьjǫ́ *dьbrьmà *dьbrьmì
Vocative *dьbri *dь̏bri *dь̏bri
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Alternative reconstructions
  • *dъbrь

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: дьбрь (dĭbrĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰴⱐⰱⱃⱐ (dĭbrĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: дебри
      Latin: debri
    • Slovene: debȅr, dẹ̄ber (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: debř
    • Old Polish: debrz

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dьbrь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132: “f. i ‘valley, ravine’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “dьbrь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c dal, slugt (PR 138)”
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