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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drabъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Based on similarities with Proto-West Germanic *trappā (“staircase”) (whence German Treppe (“stairs”), Dutch trap (“staircase”)), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dreb-, from an extension of *derH- (“to tear, to tug”). The long grade in Slavic is likely due to Winter's law.
Per Vasmer, Russian "soft" vocalism is of expressive origin.
Noun
*drabъ m
- staircase (of а ladder)
- (by generalization) part of framework
Alternative forms
- *drabь f
Declension
Declension of *drabъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *drabъ | *draba | *drabi |
| Accusative | *drabъ | *draba | *draby |
| Genitive | *draba | *drabu | *drabъ |
| Locative | *drabě | *drabu | *draběxъ |
| Dative | *drabu | *draboma | *drabomъ |
| Instrumental | *drabъmь, *drabomь* | *draboma | *draby |
| Vocative | *drabe | *draba | *drabi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *drabina (“ladder”)
- *drabьcь (“vane, oak of plow”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дра́бы pl (dráby, “ribs”)
- Russian: дря́бы pl (drjáby, “carriage”)
- West Slavic:
- Old Polish: drab
- ⇒ Polish: drabka (regional)
- ⇒ Silesian: drabka
- Old Polish: drab
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*drabъ/мн. *draby”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 100
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дрябы”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
Etymology 2
- Trubačev tentatively identifies/relates it with Etymology 1.
- Derksen connects it instead to Lithuanian dróbė (“linen cloth”), Latvian drẽbe (“piece of clothing”). Further akin to Lithuanian drėbti (“to strike”), Latvian drêbt (“to beat”), Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to shear, to beat”). Perhaps also related to Proto-Slavic *drebъxa (“cloth, dress”) from *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”).
Principally homophonous with Old Czech dráb (“beadle”), of German origin. From there may also descend colloquial Ukrainian драб (drab, “begger”).
Noun
*drabъ m[1]
- clothing, rag
Declension
Declension of *drabъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *drabъ | *draba | *drabi |
| Accusative | *drabъ | *draba | *draby |
| Genitive | *draba | *drabu | *drabъ |
| Locative | *drabě | *drabu | *draběxъ |
| Dative | *drabu | *draboma | *drabomъ |
| Instrumental | *drabъmь, *drabomь* | *draboma | *draby |
| Vocative | *drabe | *draba | *drabi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Moravian Czech: zdraby pl
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: draby pl
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drabъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115: “m. o”
Further reading
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “drobė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
- Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “драб”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka