Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/patriti

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 *peh₂-tro- (“food, fodder; feeding”) +‎ *-iti, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- with a semantic shift of “to feed, to breed” > “to care, to look after” > “to look at something/someone, to look out for”.

Close cognates inclue Proto-Germanic *fōdrą, Avestan 𐬞𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀 (pāθra), Old Armenian հօրան (hōran).

Verb

*patriti impf (frequentative *patrati) (West and South Slavic)

1. (originally) to feed; to breed
2. (transitive) to belong [with *do (+ genitive) ‘to whom’]
3. (transitive) to benefit [with dative ‘whom’]
4. (transitive) to look at [with *na (+ accusative) ‘something/someone’]

   Synonyms: *bľustì, *motrìti

Inflection

Conjugation of *patriti, *patri, *patritь (impf., tr., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*patřenьje	*patriti	*patritъ	*patrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*patřenъ	*patrimъ
Active	*patřь	*patrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*patrixъ	*patri	*patri	*patřǫ	*patriši	*patritь
Dual	*patrixově	*patrista	*patriste	*patrivě	*patrita	*patrite
Plural	*patrixomъ	*patriste	*patrišę	*patrimъ	*patrite	*patrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*patřaaxъ	*patřaaše	*patřaaše	—	*patri	*patri
Dual	*patřaaxově	*patřaašeta	*patřaašete	*patrivě	*patrita	—
Plural	*patřaaxomъ	*patřaašete	*patřaaxǫ	*patrimъ	*patrite	—

Notes:
• (*)*patrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

nouns

• *patračь m

 

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: (dialectal) па́тря (pátrja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: pȁtriti, (dialectal) pàtriti

    Cyrillic script: па̏трити, (dialectal) па̀трити

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: patřiti
    • Czech: patřit
  • Old Polish: patrzyć
    • Polish: patrzyć
    • →? Old Ruthenian: па́трити (pátriti)
      • Belarusian: (dialectal) па́трыць (pátrycʹ)
      • Ukrainian: (dialectal) па́трити (pátryty)
  • Old Slovak: patriť
    • Pannonian Rusyn: патриц (patric, “to look at”)
    • Slovak: patriť (“to belong”), (dialectal) patric
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: patrzëc
    • Slovincian: patrzëc

Alternative forms

Some forms suggest existence of form *patrěti, but it may exist due to error or analogy.

• West Slavic:
  • Old Polish: *patrzeć
    • Polish: patrzeć
    • Silesian: patrzeć
  • Slovak: patrieť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “па́трать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “patrzeć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 418
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “patrzeć”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 3, page 517
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “patrzyć”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 3, page 517
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “patrzeć”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN, page 142
• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “патрыць”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “pátrat”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 474
• Rejzek, Jiří (2001) “patřit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 1st edition, Voznice: LEDA, →ISBN, page 475
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “pátrať”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 427
• Králik, Ľubor (2016) “patriť”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 428
• Václav Machek (1968) “patřiti”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 438
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “па̀тря₂”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 100