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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/droba

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 *drobъ (“chunk; intestine”) +‎ *-a, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *drabaz (“dregs”). Further akin to Lithuanian drebėti (“to quiver, to tremble”), Latvian drebêt (“to quiver”)[1].

Noun

*drobà f[2]

  1. crumb, small fry
    Synonym: *kǫsъ
  2. sediment
    Synonyms: *osadъ, *utajьka, *skama
  3. dregs, yeast
    Synonyms: *droždža, *braga

Declension
Declension of *droba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *droba *drobě *droby
genitive *droby *drobu *drobъ
dative *drobě *drobama *drobamъ
accusative *drobǫ *drobě *droby
instrumental *drobojǫ, *drobǫ** *drobama *drobami
locative *drobě *drobu *drobasъ, *drobaxъ*
vocative *drobo *drobě *droby
* -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).
  • *drebъ (“fuzz, lint”)
    • *dreba (“dregs, entails”)
    • *drebězgъ, *dreboskъ (“small fry”)
  • *drebь (“debris”)
    • *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
    • *drebьnavъ (“petty, fussy”)
    • *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
  • *drobь (“fraction”)
    • *drobiti (“to fraction, to crush”)
    • *drobina (“intestine, entrails”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: дроба́ (drobá), dial. дреба́ (drebá)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дроба́ (drobá, “farce, stuffing”) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: дро́ба (“crumbs of bread soaked into milk”)
      Latin script: dróba (“crumbs of bread soaked into milk”)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: droba
    • Slovincian: drʉ̀ɵ̯bă
    • Slovak: droba

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дроба”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*droba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 117

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015), “drebėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 137
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*droba, *drobìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 117
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