Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebъxa
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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[edit]
Alternative reconstructions[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Isolated Balkan Slavic isogloss. According to BER, formed as *drebъ (“residue of linen, wool”) + *-ха, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). A similar formation is observed in Proto-Slavic *rǫbaxa (“shirt”) from Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ (“edge”). Cognate with Lithuanian drabùžis (“clothes, clothing”).[1] Possibly related to West Slavic *drabъ (“clothing”).
Alternatively, from Proto-Slavic *derti (“to tear”), cognate with Ancient Greek δέρρις (dérrhis, “skin”). The later etymology is challenged by Georgiev, since it should have given **дряха (**drjaha) in East Bulgarian.
Noun[edit]
*drebъxa f
Declension[edit]
Declension of *drebъxa (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *drebъxa | *drebъśě | *drebъxy |
| genitive | *drebъxy | *drebъxu | *drebъxъ |
| dative | *drebъśě | *drebъxama | *drebъxamъ |
| accusative | *drebъxǫ | *drebъśě | *drebъxy |
| instrumental | *drebъxojǫ, *drebъxǫ** | *drebъxama | *drebъxami |
| locative | *drebъśě | *drebъxu | *drebъxasъ, *drebъxaxъ* |
| vocative | *drebъxo | *drebъśě | *drebъxy |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms[edit]
- *drebь (“debris”)
- *dreboliti (“to break apart”)
- *drobъ (“chunk; liver, intestine”)
- *droba (“sediment”)
- *drobь (“fraction”)
Derived terms[edit]
- *drebъšьka (diminutive)
- *drebъšiti (“to dress”)
Descendants[edit]
- South Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дреха”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 426
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “drabužis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135