Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrǫba

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrǫba

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *otъrǫba (ЄССЯ)

Etymology

Deverbial from *otrǫbati (< *ot- + *rǫbati), *otrǫbiti (< *ot- + *rǫbiti) +‎ *-a, originally referring to “something pared”.

Noun

*ȍtrǫba f[1]

1. (usually in the plural) bran (outer layers of cereal grain)

Alternative forms

• *otrǫbъ (o-stem), *otrǫbь (i-stem)

Declension

Declension of *otrǫba (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*otrǫba	*otrǫbě	*otrǫby
Accusative	*otrǫbǫ	*otrǫbě	*otrǫby
Genitive	*otrǫby	*otrǫbu	*otrǫbъ
Locative	*otrǫbě	*otrǫbu	*otrǫbasъ, *otrǫbaxъ*
Dative	*otrǫbě	*otrǫbama	*otrǫbamъ
Instrumental	*otrǫbojǫ, *otrǫbǫ**	*otrǫbama	*otrǫbami
Vocative	*otrǫbo	*otrǫbě	*otrǫby

^* -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).

Related terms

• *rǫbъ (“edge”), *rǫbežь (“border”)
• *rǫba, *rǫbаxa (“garment, gown”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: во́труб'е pl (vótrubʺje)
  • Russian: о́труби pl (ótrubi) (plurale tantum)
  • Ukrainian: о́труби pl (ótruby)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: отрѫби pl (otrǫbi)
  • Slovene: otrób sg (rare), otrọ̑bi pl
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: otruba
    • Czech: otruba sg, otruby pl
  • Polish: otręby pl
  • Slovak: otruby pl
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wotruby pl
    • Lower Sorbian: wótšuby pl

Further reading

• Zhuravlev, A. F., editor (2012), “*otъrǫba/*otъrǫbъ/мн. otъrǫby/*otъrǫbь/мн. *otъrǫbi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 38 (*otъpečatati / *otъpečatiti (sę) – *otъtęgnǫti (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 132
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “отруби”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “отруби”, in Етимологічний словник української мови: у 7 т. [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 7 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 235

References

1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “otrobi”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ȍtrǫbi/y ‛otrobi’”