дребезжать

Russian

Etymology

Formed from дре́безг (drébezg, “jingle, tinkle”) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ, stative suffix). The root is from Proto-Slavic *drebězgъ, cognate with Lithuanian drebė̃znos pl, drebė̃nos pl (“remnants”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dreb-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drʲɪbʲɪˈʐːatʲ], [drʲɪbʲɪˈʑːætʲ]

Verb

дребезжа́ть • (drebezžátʹ) impf

  1. to jingle, to tinkle

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 116
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