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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grabrъ
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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
Etymology
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *grēb(ʰ)o-s, from the zero grade of *gerbʰ- (“to carve, dig out”).[1]
Juxtapose Lithuanian skroblas, Latvian skābardis. Further compare Latvian Gruõbin̨a, Ancient Greek γράβιον (grábion, “torch”). Some authors argue for a non-Indo-European origin.
Declension
Declension of *grabrъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *grabrъ | *grabra | *grabri |
| genitive | *grabra | *grabru | *grabrъ |
| dative | *grabru | *grabroma | *grabromъ |
| accusative | *grabrъ | *grabra | *grabry |
| instrumental | *grabrъmь, *grabromь* | *grabroma | *grabry |
| locative | *grabrě | *grabru | *grabrěxъ |
| vocative | *grabre | *grabra | *grabri |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 404, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 404
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “граб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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