отребье

Russian

Etymology

Associated with тереби́ть (terebítʹ). The presence of ⟨ре⟩ instead of ⟨ере⟩ is associated with the late loss of the pre-stressed vowel, or is associated with Old Novgorod or Old Pskov liquid metathesis.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐˈtrʲeb⁽ʲ⁾je]

Noun

отре́бье • (otrébʹje) n inan (genitive отре́бья, nominative plural отре́бья, genitive plural отре́бьев)

(also plural, dated) scum, worthless remnants, waste, rabble, refuse
(also plural, derogatory) the dregs of society, morally debased or criminal elements

Declension

Declension of отре́бье (inan neut-form vowel-stem accent-a irreg)

	singular	plural
nominative	отре́бье otrébʹje	отре́бья otrébʹja
genitive	отре́бья otrébʹja	отре́бьев^△ otrébʹjev^△
dative	отре́бью otrébʹju	отре́бьям otrébʹjam
accusative	отре́бье otrébʹje	отре́бья otrébʹja
instrumental	отре́бьем otrébʹjem	отре́бьями otrébʹjami
prepositional	отре́бье otrébʹje	отре́бьях otrébʹjax

^△Irregular.

References

Andrey Zaliznyak. Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt. Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury: Moskva. 2004. page 40-41

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[1] Andrey Zaliznyak. Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt. Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury: Moskva. 2004. page 40-41