Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/debnǫti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 +‎ *-nǫti, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰebʰ- (or Proto-Indo-European *debʰ-). Presumably, cognate with Sanskrit दभ्नोति (dabhnoti, “to damage”).

Verb

*debnǫti impf

to stalk, to await (from afar)

Inflection

Conjugation of *debnǫti (impf., -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*debnovenьje	*debnǫti	*debnǫtъ	*debnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*debnovenъ	*debnomъ
Active	*debnǫvъ	*debny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*debnǫxъ	*debnǫ	*debnǫ	*debnǫ	*debneši	*debnetь
Dual	*debnǫxově	*debnǫsta	*debnǫste	*debnevě	*debneta	*debnete
Plural	*debnǫxomъ	*debnǫste	*debnǫšę	*debnemъ	*debnete	*debnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*debněaxъ	*debněaše	*debněaše	—	*debni	*debni
Dual	*debněaxově	*debněašeta	*debněašete	*debněvě	*debněta	—
Plural	*debněaxomъ	*debněašete	*debněaxǫ	*debněmъ	*debněte	—

Related terms

*deběti (“to stalk”)
*dъbati (“to look after, to account”)

Derived terms

*jьzdebnǫti (“to prowl”)

Descendants

East Slavic: –

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: дебна (debna)
- Macedonian дебне (debne)

West Slavic: –

References

Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “дебна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume I, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1977), “*debnǫti”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 04, Moscow: Nauka, page 204

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