dьbrь

dьbrь Grammatical information: f. i Proto-Slavic meaning: `valley, ravine'

Page in Trubačev: V 176-177

Old Church Slavic:

dьbrь `valley, gorge' [f i]

Russian:

débri `jungle, thickets, dense forest' [Nompf i]

Old Czech:

debř `valley' [f i]

Old Polish:

debrz `valley, hollow' [f i]

Serbo-Croatian:

debri (1302) `hollow, ravine' [Nompf i]

Slovene:

debǝr `ravine' [f i]

Latvian:

dubra `puddle, marshy spot' [f ā]

Indo-European reconstruction: dʰubʰ-r-i-

Certainty: -

Comments: I have reconstructed *dьbrь on the strength of the Old Church Slavic and East Slavic evidence, but is plausible that the original form was *dъbrь (-> *dъnò), cf. OPl. debrz. Secondary forms with *i also occur in Baltic, e.g. Latv. dibęns `bottom' alongside dubęns.

Other cognates:

Go. diups `deep' [adj]