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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rǫbiti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ramˀb-, *rumˀb-. Cognate with Lithuanian rumbúoti (to hem), rémbėti (to become covered with scars), Lithuanian rum̃bas, rùmbas (notch, scar, waist (on clothing)), Latvian ròbs (notch) < *ràmbs. Per Vasmer, possibly cognate with Old Norse ramr, rammr (sharp, bitter), rimma (struggle), Old High German ramft (edge). Per Chernykh, cognate with Middle High German rumpf (torso).

Verb

*rǫbìti

  1. to chop
  2. to hem

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: рꙋбити (rubiti)
      • Belarusian: руба́ць (rubácʹ)
      • Russian: руби́ть (rubítʹ, to chop, to fell), 1sg. рублю́ (rubljú), 3sg. ру́бит (rúbit)
      • Ukrainian: руби́ти (rubýty), рубати (rubaty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: рѫбити (rǫbiti)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ръ́бя (rǎ́bja, to hem)
    • Macedonian: раби (rabi, to border)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ру́бити (to hem), 1sg. ру̑бӣм
      Latin: rúbiti (to hem), 1sg. rȗbīm
      • Chakavian (Orbanići): rᵘobȉt (to shell (nuts), to peel), 3sg. rᵘõbin
    • Slovene: rọ́biti (to hem, to beat, to chop) (tonal orthography), 1sg. rọ́bim (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: roubit (to erect, (rarely) to hem, (archaic) to graft)
    • Old Polish: rąbić
    • Slovak: rúbať (to chop, to beat)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: rubać (to chop)
      • Lower Sorbian: rubaś (to chop)

References

  • Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), руби́ть”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 125
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), “*rǫbìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), руби́ть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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