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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobrъ

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 *dabras, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂bʰ-ró-s, from *dʰh₂ebʰ- (to fashion, fit). Morphologically formed as *dobъ + *-rъ.

Cognate with Latin faber.

Adjective

*dòbrъ (comparative *lučьjь or *uňьjь) [1][2]

  1. good
    Antonym: *zъlъ

Declension

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Derived terms

  • *dobrovati (to become better)
  • *dobriti (to do well)
    • *podobriti (to improve, to do better)
    • *odobriti (to approve)
  • *dobrostь (virtue)
  • *dobrota (goodness, kindness)
  • *dobrina (goodness, benevolence)
  • *dobryni (excellence, welfare)
  • *dobrьcь (measles)
  • *dobriťь (good person)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dobrъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 110: “adj. o ‘good’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), dobrъ dobra dobro”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 123; (PR 135); PR 136)”
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