Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/draskati

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

Most likely from Proto-Slavic *drapъ (“scratch, trail”)/Proto-Slavic *drabъ (“spike; grazed cloth, rag”) + *-skati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *derH- (“to tear”). Possibly, also influenced by Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to beat, to grind”), in view of the derivative Russian дразга (drazga, “freckle”). Closely related to Lithuanian draskýti (“to tear apart”).

Trubachev also considers a direct derivation from Proto-Slavic *derti (“to tear”), as in the inchoative Ancient Greek ἀποδιδράσκω (apodidráskō, “to flee, to retreat”).

Verb

*draskàti impf (perfective *drasknǫti)

1. to scratch, to rub

   → (by extension) to draw, to engrave (on paper or another surface)

2. to dart, to spring

Inflection

Conjugation of *draskati, *draska, *draskajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*draskanьje	*draskati	*draskatъ	*draskalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*draskanъ	*draskajemъ
Active	*draskavъ	*draskaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*draskaxъ	*draska	*draska	*draskajǫ	*draskaješi	*draskajetь
Dual	*draskaxově	*draskasta	*draskaste	*draskajevě	*draskajeta	*draskajete
Plural	*draskaxomъ	*draskaste	*draskašę	*draskajemъ	*draskajete	*draskajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*draskaaxъ	*draskaaše	*draskaaše	—	*draskaji	*draskaji
Dual	*draskaaxově	*draskaašeta	*draskaašete	*draskajivě	*draskajita	—
Plural	*draskaaxomъ	*draskaašete	*draskaaxǫ	*draskajimъ	*draskajite	—

Related terms

• *drabъ (“stair, spike”)
• *drapati (“to scratch, to scrabble”)
• *drasta (“track, trail, notch”)
• *draska (“notch, wreck”)

Derived terms

• *draščiti (“to scratch, to scrabble”)
• *draskotiti (“to scrabble”)
  • *draskotina (“scratch, graze”)
• *draskačь (“scraper, scribbler”)
• *draskanica (“scribble”)
• *draskolь (“tool for scrabbling”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дра́скам (dráskam)
  • Macedonian: драска (draska)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*draskati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 102
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “драскам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 421