Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/starati

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.

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Cognate with Lithuanian starìnti (“to pull with difficulty”) (1sg. starinù), Latvian starîgs (“zealous”), Old Prussian stūrnawiskan f (“seriousness, importance”, ins. sg.), Old English stierne (“serious, strict”), Latin sternāx (“absurd”), strēnuus (“active”), Ancient Greek στρηνής (strēnḗs, “hard, sharp”), στρῆνος (strênos, “force”).

*starati (sę)

1. (reflexive) to try, to attempt

• East Slavic
  • Belarusian: стара́цца (starácca)
  • Russian: стара́ться (starátʹsja)
  • Ukrainian: стара́тися (starátysja)
• South Slavic
  • Bulgarian: стара́я се (starája se)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ста̏рати

    Latin script: stȁrati

  • Slovene: stȃrati se (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: starati
    • Czech: starat
  • Slovak: starať
  • East Lechitic:
    • Polish: starać
    • Silesian: starać
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: starac
    • Slovincian: starac
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: staraś
    • Upper Sorbian: starać

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “старая се”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 433
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “стараться”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress