Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English *drob, drof, from Old English *drōb, drōf (“turbid; dreggy; dirty”), from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”).
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| drubs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
1625, of uncertain origin: * Perhaps from Arabic ضَرَبَ (ḍaraba, “to beat, hit”), * or perhaps originally from a dialectal word (Kent) drab, variant of drop, dryp, drib (“to beat”), from Middle English drepen (preterit drop, drap, drape (“struck, killed”)) from Old English drepan (“to strike”), from Proto-West Germanic *drepan, from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to beat, bump, strike, slay”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb⁽ʰ⁾- (“to strike, crush, kill”). * Linguist Guus Kroonen suggests that it reflects the Proto-Germanic verb *drubbōną, iterative to *drabaną (“to hit, hew”), as found in Norwegian drubbe, drubba (“to hit hard, strike with force, kill”). Compare also Old Frisian drop (“a blow, beat”), Old High German treffan (“to hit, strike”), Old Norse drepa (“to strike, slay, kill”), Swedish drabba (“to hit, strike”). Compare also dub. More at drape.
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| drubs | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| drubbing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| drubbed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| drubbed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
nb drepe (to beat with a stick) · fr fustiger (to beat with a stick) · ga greasáil (to beat with a stick) · la fustigo (to beat with a stick) · da prygle (to beat with a stick) · ru колоти́ть (to beat with a stick) · da banke (to beat with a stick) · ga gread (to beat with a stick) · it bastonare (to beat with a stick) · eo bastoni (to beat with a stick) · nrf quétilyi (to beat with a stick) · it fustigare (to beat with a stick) · sv prygla (to beat with a stick) · de prügeln (to beat with a stick) · ar ضَرَبَ (to beat with a stick) · da tæske (to beat with a stick) · fr bâtonner (to beat with a stick) · nb pryle (to beat with a stick) · la battuo (to beat with a stick)