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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drybati

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

Uncertain. Possibly an extension of Proto-Slavic *dьrati (“to tear off”) (cf. *drapati, *draskati) or akin to Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to drip”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to crumble, to grind”).

Verb

*drybati impf

  1. to scratch
    Synonym: *draskati
  2. to wrinkle, to scrumple

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *drybakъ (“dense, thick forest”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дрыбать (drybatʹ, “to scribble”) (archaic)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дри́бам (dríbam) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: дриба́к (dribák, “dense forest”) (dialectal)

Further reading

  • Dahl, Vladimir (1880), Толковый словарь живого великорусского языка (in Russian), vol. 1, publisher: M. O. Wolf
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