Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starati

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

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Cognate with Lithuanian starìnti (“to pull with difficulty”) (1sg. starinù), Latvian starîgs (“zealous”), Old Prussian stūrnawiskan f (“seriousness, importance”, ins. sg.), Old English stierne (“serious, strict”), Latin sternāx (“absurd”), strēnuus (“active”), Ancient Greek στρηνής (strēnḗs, “hard, sharp”), στρῆνος (strênos, “force”).

Verb

*starati

to try, to attempt
to care

Inflection

Conjugation of *starati, *stara, *starajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*staranьje	*starati	*staratъ	*staralъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*staranъ	*starajemъ
Active	*staravъ	*staraję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*staraxъ	*stara	*stara	*starajǫ	*staraješi	*starajetь
Dual	*staraxově	*starasta	*staraste	*starajevě	*starajeta	*starajete
Plural	*staraxomъ	*staraste	*starašę	*starajemъ	*starajete	*starajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*staraaxъ	*staraaše	*staraaše	—	*staraji	*staraji
Dual	*staraaxově	*staraašeta	*staraašete	*starajivě	*starajita	—
Plural	*staraaxomъ	*staraašete	*staraaxǫ	*starajimъ	*starajite	—

Descendants