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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trъvati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Per Snoj, (effectively) from a w-extension of Proto-Indo-European *treh₂- (“to pass, to cross over”). Compare Proto-Indo-European *térh₂uti (“to overcome”).
Verb
*trъvàti impf[1]
- to last
- to hold up, to endure
- (by extension) to insist, to keep up trying
Conjugation
Conjugation of *trъvati, *trъva, *trъvajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *trъvanьje | *trъvati | *trъvatъ | *trъvalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *trъvanъ | *trъvajemъ |
| Active | *trъvavъ | *trъvaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *trъvaxъ | *trъva | *trъva | *trъvajǫ | *trъvaješi | *trъvajetь |
| Dual | *trъvaxově | *trъvasta | *trъvaste | *trъvajevě | *trъvajeta | *trъvajete |
| Plural | *trъvaxomъ | *trъvaste | *trъvašę | *trъvajemъ | *trъvajete | *trъvajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *trъvaaxъ | *trъvaaše | *trъvaaše | — | *trъvaji | *trъvaji |
| Dual | *trъvaaxově | *trъvaašeta | *trъvaašete | *trъvajivě | *trъvajita | — |
| Plural | *trъvaaxomъ | *trъvaašete | *trъvaaxǫ | *trъvajimъ | *trъvajite | — |
Related terms
- *trati, *trajati (“to last”)
- *tъtriti (sę) (“to stroll, to amble”)
Descendants
- West Slavic:
- Czech: trvat
- → Polish: trwać (“to last”)
- → Belarusian: трыва́ць (tryvácʹ)
- → Ukrainian: трива́ти (tryváty)
- → Polish: trwać (“to last”)
- Slovak: trvať
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: trwaś
- Czech: trvat
Further reading
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “trwać Proto-Slavic/trъvati”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “trajati”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “pslovan. *trъva̋ti”