Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/prijati

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *prīˀjā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *priH-e-h₂-(ye)-ti, from *priHós (“dear, beloved”). Cognate with Sanskrit प्रीणाति (prīṇā́ti, “to please”), Persian آفریدن (âfaridan, “to create”) and Old High German frīten (“to look after”).

Verb

*prijàti

1. to please
2. to favor

Conjugation

Conjugation of *prijati, *prija, *prijajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*prijanьje	*prijati	*prijatъ	*prijalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*prijanъ	*prijajemъ
Active	*prijavъ	*prijaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prijaxъ	*prija	*prija	*prijajǫ	*prijaješi	*prijajetь
Dual	*prijaxově	*prijasta	*prijaste	*prijajevě	*prijajeta	*prijajete
Plural	*prijaxomъ	*prijaste	*prijašę	*prijajemъ	*prijajete	*prijajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*prijaaxъ	*prijaaše	*prijaaše	—	*prijaji	*prijaji
Dual	*prijaaxově	*prijaašeta	*prijaašete	*prijajivě	*prijajita	—
Plural	*prijaaxomъ	*prijaašete	*prijaaxǫ	*prijajimъ	*prijajite	—

Derived terms

• *prijàteľь (“friend”)
• *prijàznь (“friendship”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: прыя́ць (pryjácʹ) (archaic)
  • Russian: прия́ть (prijátʹ) (archaic)
  • Ukrainian: прия́ти (pryjáty) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: приꙗти (prijati)

    Glagolitic: ⱂⱃⰹⱑⱅⰹ (prijati)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: прѝјати

    Latin script: prìjati

  • Slovene: príjati
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: přát
  • Old Polish: przyjać
    • ⇒ Polish: sprzyjać
    • Silesian: przŏć
  • Slovak: priať
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: pśaś
    • Upper Sorbian: přeć, přać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “приять”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/prijati”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 502