Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drъžati

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 *drugjā́ˀtei.

Verb

*drъžati

1. to tremble, shiver

Inflection

Conjugation of *drъžati, *drъža, *drъžitь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*drъžanьje	*drъžati	*drъžatъ	*drъžalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*drъžavъ	*drъžę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drъžaxъ	*drъža	*drъža	*drъžǫ	*drъžiši	*drъžitь
Dual	*drъžaxově	*drъžasta	*drъžaste	*drъživě	*drъžita	*drъžite
Plural	*drъžaxomъ	*drъžaste	*drъžašę	*drъžimъ	*drъžite	*drъžętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drъžaaxъ	*drъžaaše	*drъžaaše	—	*drъži	*drъži
Dual	*drъžaaxově	*drъžaašeta	*drъžaašete	*drъživě	*drъžita	—
Plural	*drъžaaxomъ	*drъžaašete	*drъžaaxǫ	*drъžimъ	*drъžite	—

Related terms

• *drъgati
• *drъžь

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: дрожа́ти (drožáti)
    • Russian: дрожа́ть (drožátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: дрижа́ти (dryžáty)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: držěti, dřežěti
  • Polish: drżeć
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: ržeć
    • Lower Sorbian: rdžaś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дрогнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “дрогнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 269