Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/otrǫba

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

  • *otъrǫba (ЄССЯ)

Etymology

Deverbial from *otrǫbati (< *ot- + *rǫbati), *otrǫbiti (< *ot- + *rǫbiti) +‎ *-a, originally referring to “something pared”.

Noun

*ȍtrǫba f[1]

  1. (usually in the plural) bran (outer layers of cereal grain)

Alternative forms

  • *otrǫbъ (o-stem), *otrǫbь (i-stem)

Declension

Declension of *otrǫba (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *otrǫba *otrǫbě *otrǫby
genitive *otrǫby *otrǫbu *otrǫbъ
dative *otrǫbě *otrǫbama *otrǫbamъ
accusative *otrǫbǫ *otrǫbě *otrǫby
instrumental *otrǫbojǫ, *otrǫbǫ** *otrǫbama *otrǫbami
locative *otrǫbě *otrǫbu *otrǫbasъ, *otrǫbaxъ*
vocative *otrǫbo *otrǫbě *otrǫby

* -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).

  • *rǫbъ (“edge”), *rǫbežь (“border”)
  • *rǫba, *rǫbаxa (“garment, gown”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: во́труб'е pl (vótrubʺje)
    • Russian: о́труби pl (ótrubi) (plurale tantum)
    • Ukrainian: о́труби pl (ótruby)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: отрѫби pl (otrǫbi)
    • Slovene: otrób sg (rare), otrọ̑bi pl
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2012), “*otъrǫba/*otъrǫbъ/мн. otъrǫby/*otъrǫbь/мн. *otъrǫbi”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 38 (*otъpečatati/*otъpečatiti (sę) – *otъtęgnǫti (sę)), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 132
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “отруби”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “отруби”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 235

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “otrobi”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ȍtrǫbi/y ‛otrobi’”
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