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

Conjugation

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

Suffix: *-ati

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
    • Masurian: trżimacz
    • 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

Further reading

• 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