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 stari̇̀nti (“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 (sę)

  1. (reflexive) to try, to attempt

Inflection

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

  • East Slavic
    • Belarusian: стара́цца (starácca)
    • Russian: стара́ться (starátʹsja)
    • Ukrainian: стара́тися (starátysja)
  • South Slavic
    • Bulgarian: стара́я се (starája se)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ста̏рати се
      Latin script: stȁrati se
    • Slovene: stȃrati se (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “старая се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 433
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стараться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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