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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *dabaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-01"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_dabaną</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_sla-x-proto_dobr" xml:lang="sla-x-proto" type="cognate">
          <orth>*dobrъ</orth>
          <def>good, right; fit, suitable</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_dabana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/dabaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>dabaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈdɑ.βɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛞᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 6</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to come to pass, occur, happen</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>to fit, be fitting</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European *dʰóbʰ-e/o-, an o-grade present from root *dʰebʰ- (‘to fit’). Cognate with Proto-Slavic <mentioned xml:lang="sla-x-proto" target="#cog_sla-x-proto_dobr"><ref target="#cog_sla-x-proto_dobr">*dobrъ</ref></mentioned> (‘good, right; fit, suitable’). </seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>dabō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>dabaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>dabai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dabizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dabaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dab</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dabazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dabaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dabidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dabai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dabadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dabadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dabaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>dabōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>dabaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>dabadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>dabaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>dabadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dabamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dabaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dabandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dabaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dabid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dabaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dabid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dabandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dabaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dabandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dabain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dabandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dabandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dabaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>dōb</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>dōbį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dōft</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dōbīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dōb</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dōbī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>dōbū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>dōbīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>dōbudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>dōbīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dōbum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dōbīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dōbud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dōbīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dōbun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dōbīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>dabandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>dabanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>dabaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*daban</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>ġedafen, dafen, dafenian, *dabanōną</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old English</lang>
                      <orth>ġedafenlīċ</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Middle English</lang>
                        <orth>ȝedavenlic</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>dafna</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>dafna</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadaban)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-Finnic</lang>
                  <orth>*tabat'ak, *tapahtudak</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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