Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drobь

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

Noun

*drȍbь f[1][2]

small piece

Inflection

Declension of *drȍbь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*drȍbь	*drȍbi	*drȍbi
Accusative	*drȍbь	*drȍbi	*drȍbi
Genitive	*drobí	drobьjù, drobľu^*	*drobь̀jь
Locative	*drobí	drobьjù, drobľu^*	*drȍbьxъ
Dative	*drȍbi	*drobьmà	*drȍbьmъ
Instrumental	*drobьjǫ́	*drobьmà	*drobьmì
Vocative	*drobi	*drȍbi	*drȍbi

^* 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).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: дробь (drobʹ)
- Ukrainian: дріб (drib)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дроб (drob)
- Slovene: drọ̑b (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: drób

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drobь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119: “f. i”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “drobь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c lille stykke, lever (PR 138)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drobь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119: “f. i”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “drobь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c lille stykke, lever (PR 138)”