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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drobězgъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

Equivalent to *drobь (“fraction”) +‎ *-zgъ, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). Cognate with Latvian drabažas (“bark that has fallen”)[1].

Parallel to Proto-Slavic *drebězgъ (“fragment, shard”).

Noun

*drоbězgъ m[2]

  1. crumbs, small fry

Alternative forms
  • *droběskъ
  • *drobězga f

Declension
Declension of *drobězgъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *drobězgъ *drobězga *drobězdzi
genitive *drobězga *drobězgu *drobězgъ
dative *drobězgu *drobězgoma *drobězgomъ
accusative *drobězgъ *drobězga *drobězgy
instrumental *drobězgъmь, *drobězgomь* *drobězgoma *drobězgy
locative *drobězdzě *drobězgu *drobězdzěxъ
vocative *droběždže *drobězga *drobězdzi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *drebъ (“residue of linen, wool”)
  • *drebь (“debris”)
    • *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
    • *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
  • *dreboliti (“to break apart”)
  • *drobъ (“chunk; liver, intestine”)
  • *droba (“sediment”)
  • *drobiti (“to fraction, to crush”)
  • *drobina (“intestine, entrails”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дро́бязь (dróbjazʹ)
    • Russian: дробезга́ (drobezgá)
    • Ukrainian: дрі́б'язок (dríbʺjazok), gen. дріб'язку (dribʺjazku)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: droběz
    • Kashubian: drobiôzg
    • Polish: drobiazg
    • Slovak: drobizg

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drobězgъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 118

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “drubazas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 532
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*drobězgъ; *drobězga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 118
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