дебри
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic дъбрь (dŭbrĭ) : дьбрь (dĭbrĭ), from Proto-Slavic *dьbrь (“valley, ravine”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dubris, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubr-, from *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdʲebrʲɪ]
Noun
де́бри • (débri) m inan pl (genitive де́брей, plural only)
- thickets, jungle, wilderness, wilds, bush
- (figuratively) maze, labyrinth
- запу́таться вде́брях ― zapútatʹsja v débrjax ― to be lost in the maze (of something), to get bogged down (in a difficult problem)
Declension
Declension of де́бри (inan pl-only masc-form soft-stem accent-a)
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | де́бри débri |
| genitive | де́брей débrej |
| dative | де́брям débrjam |
| accusative | де́бри débri |
| instrumental | де́брями débrjami |
| prepositional | де́брях débrjax |
Related terms
- Брянск (Brjansk) (< Дьбрѧньскъ (Dĭbręnĭskŭ))
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “дебрь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “дебри”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 234