Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/trajati

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.

Formally from Proto-Indo-European *tréh₂yeti + *-jati, ye-present from Proto-Indo-European *treh₂- (“to pass through”). Cognate with Sanskrit त्रायते (trāyáte, “to protect”), possibly Latin intrāre (“to enter”).

*tràjati impf^[1][2]

1. to last, to endure

   Synonym: *tьrpěti

• *trajьnъ (“lasting”)
  • *dьlgotrajьnъ (“long-lasting”)
  • *kortъkotrajьnъ (“short-lasting”)

• *trъvati (“to last, to endure”)

• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: траꙗти (trajati)^[3]
  • Bulgarian: тра́я (trája)
  • Macedonian: трае (trae)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тра̏јати

    Latin script: trȁjati

  • Slovene: trȃjati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: tráti (contracted^[4][5])
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: trać^[6]
    • Lower Sorbian: traś^[7]

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Megleno-Romanian: trăies
  • → Romanian: trăi (“to live, to exist”)
    • → Ukrainian: трай (traj, “fate, success”)
    • → Romani: träil, trail

• Oleg Trubachyov (1985) “Праславянская лексикография”, in Этимология 1983, Moscow, page 7
• Oleg Trubachyov (1967) “Из славяно-иранских лексических отношений”, in Этимология 1965: Материалы и исследования по индоевропейским и другим языкам, Moscow, page 78: “*trajati”
• Л. В. Куркина (1978) “Изоглоссные связи южнославянской лексики. II. (*trajati)”, in Этимология 1976, Moscow, page 23: “*trajati”
• Samuil Bernstein (2000) Из проблематики диалектологии и лингвогеографии. Сборник статей. Контракция и структура слога в славянских яызках., Moscow: Индрик, →ISBN, page 285