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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dręx(ъ)lъ

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

  • *dręsьlъ, *dręselъ

Etymology

Per ESSJa, related to Lithuanian drum̃sti. Compare also Latin trīstis.[1]

Adjective

*dręx(ъ)lъ[2]

  1. sad, sullen, gloomy

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: дра́хлы (dráxly)
    • Russian: дря́хлый (drjáxlyj)
    • Ukrainian: дряхли́й (drjaxlýj)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: дрѧхлъ (dręxlŭ), дрѧселъ (dręselŭ), дрѧслъ (dręslŭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: дре̏сео
    • Slovene: dresélen (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: drachly
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: drjechły

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дря́хлый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “Proto-Slavic/dręx(ъ)lъ”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 706
  2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dręx(ъ)lъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 112
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