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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *delbaną</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_delbaną</idno>
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      <list type="cognates">
        <item xml:id="cog_lit_delbti" xml:lang="lit" type="cognate">
          <orth>delbti</orth>
          <def>to cast down; drop; beat, strike</def>
        </item>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_delbana" type="verb" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/delbaną">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>delbaną</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈdel.βɑ.nɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛞᛖᛚᛒᚨᚾᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>verb</pos>
            <gram type="class">Strong class 3</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>to dig, hollow out</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ-e/o-  from root *dʰelbʰ- (‘to dig’). Cognate with Lithuanian <mentioned xml:lang="lit" target="#cog_lit_delbti"><ref target="#cog_lit_delbti">delbti</ref></mentioned> (‘to cast down; drop; beat, strike’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>delbō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #sg">
              <orth>delbaų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #sg">
              <orth>delbai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dilbizi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>delbaiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #sg">
              <orth>delb</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>delbazai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #sg">
              <orth>delbaizau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dilbidi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>delbai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #sg">
              <orth>delbadau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>delbadai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #sg">
              <orth>delbaidau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>delbōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #du">
              <orth>delbaiw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>delbadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>delbaidiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #du">
              <orth>delbadiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>delbamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p1 #pl">
              <orth>delbaim</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>delbandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p1 #pl">
              <orth>delbaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dilbid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>delbaid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dilbid</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>delbandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p2 #pl">
              <orth>delbaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>delbandi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>delbain</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #imper #act #p3 #pl">
              <orth>delbandau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #ind #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>delbandai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pres #subj #pass #p3 #pl">
              <orth>delbaindau</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #sg">
              <orth>dalb</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #sg">
              <orth>dulbį̄</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dalft</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #sg">
              <orth>dulbīz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dalb</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #sg">
              <orth>dulbī</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #du">
              <orth>dulbū</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #du">
              <orth>dulbīw</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #du">
              <orth>dulbudiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #du">
              <orth>dulbīdiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dulbum</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p1 #pl">
              <orth>dulbīm</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dulbud</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p2 #pl">
              <orth>dulbīd</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #ind #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dulbun</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#past #subj #p3 #pl">
              <orth>dulbīn</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="present">
              <orth>delbandz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="participle" subtype="past">
              <orth>dulbanaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="infinitive">
              <orth>delbaną</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*delban</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*delvan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>delven</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Limburgish</lang>
                        <orth>delve</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*delban</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>*delvan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>delven</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Dutch</lang>
                        <orth>delven</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Afrikaans</lang>
                          <orth>delf, delwe</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*delban</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old English</lang>
                    <orth>delfan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle English</lang>
                      <orth>delven</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>English</lang>
                        <orth>delve</orth>
                      </form>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Scots</lang>
                        <orth>delve</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*delban</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>delva</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                      <orth>dolle</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*delban</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old High German</lang>
                    <orth>*telpan, *telban</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                      <orth>tëlben, dëlben</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German</lang>
                        <orth>delben, telben</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Proto-West Germanic</lang>
                  <orth>*delban</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                    <orth>*delvan</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                      <orth>delven</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Low German</lang>
                        <orth>dölven</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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