Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dorbъ

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-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
Accusative	*dȏrbъ	*dȏrba	*dȏrby
Genitive	*dȏrba	*dorbù	*dõrbъ
Locative	*dȏrbě	*dorbù	*dorbě̃xъ
Dative	*dȏrbu	*dorbomà	*dorbòmъ
Instrumental	dȏrbъmь, dȏrbomь^*	*dorbomà	*dorbý
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: до́роб (dórob), дарабо́к (darabók), доро́бка (doróbka), даро́бка (daróbka)
- Russian: до́роб (dórob), дарабо́к (darabók), до́робья (dórobʹja)
- Ukrainian: дороба́йло (dorobájlo)

References

Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “дороб”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dorbъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 05, Moscow: Nauka, page 74

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