дебри

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic дъбрь (dŭbrĭ) : дьбрь (dĭbrĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dьbrь (“valley, ravine”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubr-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubr-, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲebrʲɪ]

Noun

де́бри • (débri) m inan pl (genitive де́брей, plural only)

  1. thickets, jungle, wilderness, wilds, bush
  2. (figuratively) maze, labyrinth
    запу́таться в де́брях ― zapútatʹsja v débrjax ― to be lost in the maze (of something), to get bogged down (in a difficult problem)

Declension
Declension of де́бри (inan pl-only masc-form soft-stem accent-a) 
plural
nominative де́бри
débri
genitive де́брей
débrej
dative де́брям
débrjam
accusative де́бри
débri
instrumental де́брями
débrjami
prepositional де́брях
débrjax
  • Брянск (Brjansk) (< Дьбрꙗньскъ (Dĭbrjanĭskŭ))

References
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дебрь”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “дебри”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 234
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