Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tryti

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-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. Ja. (1993) “трави́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трави́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress