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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tryti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *truH-, from *trewH-. Cognate with Ancient Greek τρύω (trúō, “use up”). See *trāvìti for more discussion.
Verb
*tryti[1]
- to rub
- Synonym: *terti
Conjugation
Conjugation of *tryti, *try, *tryjetь (?, -V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *tryjenьje | *tryti | *trytъ | *trylъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *tryjenъ | *tryjemъ |
| Active | *tryvъ | *tryję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *tryxъ | *try | *try | *tryjǫ | *tryješi | *tryjetь |
| Dual | *tryxově | *trysta | *tryste | *tryjevě | *tryjeta | *tryjete |
| Plural | *tryxomъ | *tryste | *tryšę | *tryjemъ | *tryjete | *tryjǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *tryjaaxъ | *tryjaaše | *tryjaaše | — | *tryji | *tryji |
| Dual | *tryjaaxově | *tryjaašeta | *tryjaašete | *tryjivě | *tryjita | — |
| Plural | *tryjaaxomъ | *tryjaašete | *tryjaaxǫ | *tryjimъ | *tryjite | — |
Derived terms
- *tryvati (“to scrub”) (iterative)
- *tryvъka (“scrubber”)
- *natryti
Related terms
- *truti (“to feed? to consume? to poison?”)
- *trāvìti (“to feed? to consume? to poison?”)
- *trovati (“to poison”)
- *trāvà (“grass”)
- *trě̄và (“grass”)
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: трꙑти (tryti) (Serbian)
- East Slavic:
- Middle Russian: трыти (tryti) (15th century)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: три́я (tríja)
- Macedonian: трие (trie)
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “трави́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “трави́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*tryti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 499: “v. ‘rub’”