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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drebъxa

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
  • *derxa

Etymology

Isolated Balkan Slavic isogloss. According to BER, formed as *drebъ (“residue of linen, wool”) +‎ *-ха, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to fracture”). A similar formation is observed in Proto-Slavic *rǫbaxa (“shirt”) from Proto-Slavic *rǫbъ (“edge”). Cognate with Lithuanian drabùžis (“clothes, clothing”).[1] Possibly related to West Slavic *drabъ (“clothing”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Slavic *derti (“to tear”), cognate with Ancient Greek δέρρις (dérrhis, “skin”). The later etymology is challenged by Georgiev, since it should have given **дряха (**drjaha) in East Bulgarian.

No relation to English dress.

Noun

*drebъxa f

  1. clothing, mantle
    → (by extension) dress

Declension
Declension of *drebъxa (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *drebъxa *drebъśě *drebъxy
genitive *drebъxy *drebъxu *drebъxъ
dative *drebъśě *drebъxama *drebъxamъ
accusative *drebъxǫ *drebъśě *drebъxy
instrumental *drebъxojǫ, *drebъxǫ** *drebъxama *drebъxami
locative *drebъśě *drebъxu *drebъxasъ, *drebъxaxъ*
vocative *drebъxo *drebъśě *drebъxy
* -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).
  • *drebь (“debris”)
    • *drebьnъ (“tiny, small”)
    • *drebiti (“to quiver, to crush”)
  • *dreboliti (“to break apart”)
  • *drobъ (“chunk; liver, intestine”)
  • *droba (“sediment”)
  • *drobь (“fraction”)
    • *drobiti (“to fraction, to crush”)
    • *drobina (“intestine, entrails”)

Derived terms
  • *drebъšьka (diminutive)
  • *drebъšiti (“to dress”)

Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: дре́ха (dréha)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: дре́шка (dréška)
    • Macedonian: дреа (drea) (*-x- silent between vowels)
      • ⇒ Macedonian: дрешка (dreška)

Further reading
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дреха”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 426

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “drabužis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 135
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