Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dobyti

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

By surface analysis, *do- +‎ *byti.

Verb

*dobyti pf (imperfective *dobyvati)^[1]

to acquire, to gain, to extract

Conjugation

Conjugation of *dobyti, *doby(stъ), *dobǫdetь (?, -V/C-, st-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dobytьje	*dobyti	*dobytъ	*dobylъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dobytъ	*dobǫdomъ
Active	*dobyvъ	*dobǫdy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dobyxъ	*doby(stъ)	*doby(stъ)	*dobǫdǫ	*dobǫdeši	*dobǫdetь
Dual	*dobyxově	*dobysta	*dobyste	*dobǫdevě	*dobǫdeta	*dobǫdete
Plural	*dobyxomъ	*dobyste	*dobyšę	*dobǫdemъ	*dobǫdete	*dobǫdǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dobǫděaxъ	*dobǫděaše	*dobǫděaše	—	*dobǫdi	*dobǫdi
Dual	*dobǫděaxově	*dobǫděašeta	*dobǫděašete	*dobǫděvě	*dobǫděta	—
Plural	*dobǫděaxomъ	*dobǫděašete	*dobǫděaxǫ	*dobǫděmъ	*dobǫděte	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: дабы́ць (dabýcʹ)
- Russian: добы́ть (dobýtʹ)
- Ukrainian: добу́ти (dobúty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: доби́я (dobíja)
- Macedonian: добие (dobie)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: до̀бити
  
  Latin script: dòbiti
- Slovene: dobīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: dobýt
- Old Polish: dobyć
  - Polish: dobyć
  - Silesian: dobyć
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: dobëc
  - Slovincian: dôbëc
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: добиц (dobic)
  - Slovak: dobyť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: dobyś
  - Upper Sorbian: dobyć

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobyti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 47

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dobyti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 47

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