*darbijaną

Runic: ᛞᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdɑr.βi.jɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Weak class 1

Meanings

  1. To cause to perish
  2. To destroy

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰorbʰ-éye/o-, from an o-grade form of root *(s)dʰerbʰ- (‘to exert (force, work, treatment); become stiff’), probably from *dʰer- (‘to support, hold’) via Sieb’s Law. Related to *derbaną (‘to work, perish’).

Conjugation

Present active

PersonIndicativeSubjunctiveImperative
1st singulardarbijōdarbijaų–
2nd singulardarbīsidarbijaisdarbī
3rd singulardarbīþidarbijaidarbijaþau
1st dualdarbijōsdarbijaiw–
2nd dualdarbijaþizdarbijaiþizdarbijaþiz
1st pluraldarbijamazdarbijaim–
2nd pluraldarbīþdarbijaiþdarbīþ
3rd pluraldarbijanþidarbijaindarbijanþau

Present passive

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singulardarbijai–
2nd singulardarbijasaidarbijaisau
3rd singulardarbijaþaidarbijaiþau
1st dual––
2nd dual––
1st pluraldarbijanþaidarbijainþau
2nd pluraldarbijanþaidarbijainþau
3rd pluraldarbijanþaidarbijainþau

Past

PersonIndicativeSubjunctive
1st singulardarbidǭdarbidēdį̄
2nd singulardarbidēzdarbidēdīz
3rd singulardarbidēdarbidēdī
1st dualdarbidēdūdarbidēdīw
2nd dualdarbidēdudizdarbidēdīdiz
1st pluraldarbidēdumdarbidēdīm
2nd pluraldarbidēduddarbidēdīd
3rd pluraldarbidēdundarbidēdīn

Non-finite Forms

InfinitivePresent ParticiplePast Participle
darbijaną darbijandz darbidaz

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Descendants

  • *dervian (Old Saxon)
    • derven (Middle Low German)
  • *biderven (Old Dutch)
    • bederven (Middle Dutch)
      • bederven (Dutch)
  • *farderven (Old Dutch)
    • verderven (Middle Dutch)
      • verderven (Dutch)
  • *farderben (Old High German)
    • verderben (Middle High German)
      • verderben (German)

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