Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dristati

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

Compare Old Norse dríta, ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- (“to have diarrhea”).

Verb

*dristati

1. to have diarrhea
2. to defecate

Inflection

Conjugation of *dristati, *drista, *drisťetь (?, -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*dristanьje	*dristati	*dristatъ	*dristalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*dristanъ	*drisťemъ
Active	*dristavъ	*drisťę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dristaxъ	*drista	*drista	*drisťǫ	*drisťeši	*drisťetь
Dual	*dristaxově	*dristasta	*dristaste	*drisťevě	*drisťeta	*drisťete
Plural	*dristaxomъ	*dristaste	*dristašę	*drisťemъ	*drisťete	*drisťǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*dristaaxъ	*dristaaše	*dristaaše	—	*drisťi	*drisťi
Dual	*dristaaxově	*dristaašeta	*dristaašete	*drisťivě	*drisťita	—
Plural	*dristaaxomъ	*dristaašete	*dristaaxǫ	*drisťimъ	*drisťite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: дрыста́ць (drystácʹ)
  • Russian: дриста́ть (dristátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: дриста́ти (drystáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: дрѝскам (drìskam)
  • Macedonian: дрска (drska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дрискати

    Latin script: driskati

  • Slovene: drístati, drískati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: drístat, dřízdat
  • Polish: dryzdać, drystać, drzystać
  • Silesian: drzistać
  • Slovene: drístať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dristać

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “дристать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress