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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/debnǫti

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

From *deběti (“to pray upon in stealth”) +‎ *-nǫti. Akin to dial. Serbo-Croatian дѐпсти (“to await for ambush”) and possibly dial. Russian дёб (djob, “edge, end”).

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (“to deceive, to humble”), presumably cognate with Sanskrit दभ्नोति (dabhnoti, “to damage”).

Verb

*debnǫti impf

  1. to stalk, to await in stealth

Inflection
Conjugation of *debnǫti, *debe, *debnetь (impf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*debenьje *debnǫti *debnǫtъ *deblъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *debenъ *debnomъ
Active *debъ *debny
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *deb(ox)ъ*debe*debe *debnǫ*debneši*debnetь
Dual *deb(ox)ově*deb(e/os)ta*deb(e/os)te *debnevě*debneta*debnete
Plural *deb(ox)omъ*deb(e/os)te*debǫ, *debošę *debnemъ*debnete*debnǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *debněaxъ*debněaše*debněaše —*debni*debni
Dual *debněaxově*debněašeta*debněašete *debněvě*debněta—
Plural *debněaxomъ*debněašete*debněaxǫ *debněmъ*debněte—

Derived terms
  • *jьzdebnǫti (“to prowl”)
  • *deběti (“to pray upon”)
  • *dъbati (“to look after, to account”) (possibly)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: *оудѣнѫти (*uděnǫti), оудѣбена (uděbena)[1][2]
    • Bulgarian: де́бна (débna)
    • Macedonian: де́мне (démne), де́бне (débne) (dialectal)

References
  1. Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “оудѣбнѫти”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 730
  2. Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “оудѣбнѫти”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)‎, volume 4, Prague: Euroslavica, page 614

Further reading
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дебна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 329
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*debnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 204
  • L. V. Kurkina (1978) “Изоглоссные связи южнославянской лексики. II”, in Этимология 1976, Moscow, page 24: “*deběti: болг. дѐба, -иш, дѐбна 'подстерегать, выслеживать', ..., макд. демне, дебне”
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