Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trimati

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

From *trьměti +‎ *-ati.

Verb

*trimati impf^[1]^[2]

(West Slavic) to hold, to keep
(South Slavic) to persevere

Conjugation

Conjugation of *trimati, *trima, *trimajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*trimanьje	*trimati	*trimatъ	*trimalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*trimanъ	*trimajemъ
Active	*trimavъ	*trimaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*trimaxъ	*trima	*trima	*trimajǫ	*trimaješi	*trimajetь
Dual	*trimaxově	*trimasta	*trimaste	*trimajevě	*trimajeta	*trimajete
Plural	*trimaxomъ	*trimaste	*trimašę	*trimajemъ	*trimajete	*trimajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*trimaaxъ	*trimaaše	*trimaaše	—	*trimaji	*trimaji
Dual	*trimaaxově	*trimaašeta	*trimaašete	*trimajivě	*trimajita	—
Plural	*trimaaxomъ	*trimaašete	*trimaaxǫ	*trimajimъ	*trimajite	—

Derived terms

*otrimati

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Slovene: tŕmati
West Slavic:
- Old Polish: trzymać
  - Polish: trzymać
    - → Czech: třímat
  - Silesian: trzimać
  - → Old Ruthenian: тримати (trimati), тримать (trimatʹ), трымати (trymati)
    - Belarusian: трыма́ць (trymácʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: три́мати (trýmaty)
    - Ukrainian: трима́ти (trymáty)
- Old Slovak: *trímať
  - Slovak: trímať
  - Pannonian Rusyn: тримац (trimac)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: trzëmac
  - Slovincian: trzëmac

References

^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “trzymać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 651
^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “trimať”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 627

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obtrimati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 211
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “тримати”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “трымаць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka

[1] Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “trzymać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 651

[2] Králik, Ľubor (2016) “trimať”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 627

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