Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/drěmati

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

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Proto-Indo-European *drem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *drēm-ye-ti

Proto-Slavic *drěmati

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *drēm-ye-ti, from *drem- (“to sleep”).

Verb

*drě̄màti impf^[1]^[2]

to doze, to drowse, to slumber

Conjugation

Conjugation of *drěmati, *drěma, *drěmľetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*drěmanьje	*drěmati	*drěmatъ	*drěmalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*drěmanъ	*drěmľemъ
Active	*drěmavъ	*drěmľę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drěmaxъ	*drěma	*drěma	*drěmľǫ	*drěmľeši	*drěmľetь
Dual	*drěmaxově	*drěmasta	*drěmaste	*drěmľevě	*drěmľeta	*drěmľete
Plural	*drěmaxomъ	*drěmaste	*drěmašę	*drěmľemъ	*drěmľete	*drěmľǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drěmaaxъ	*drěmaaše	*drěmaaše	—	*drěmľi	*drěmľi
Dual	*drěmaaxově	*drěmaašeta	*drěmaašete	*drěmľivě	*drěmľita	—
Plural	*drěmaaxomъ	*drěmaašete	*drěmaaxǫ	*drěmľimъ	*drěmľite	—

Conjugation of *drěmati, *drěma, *drěmajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*drěmanьje	*drěmati	*drěmatъ	*drěmalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*drěmanъ	*drěmajemъ
Active	*drěmavъ	*drěmaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drěmaxъ	*drěma	*drěma	*drěmajǫ	*drěmaješi	*drěmajetь
Dual	*drěmaxově	*drěmasta	*drěmaste	*drěmajevě	*drěmajeta	*drěmajete
Plural	*drěmaxomъ	*drěmaste	*drěmašę	*drěmajemъ	*drěmajete	*drěmajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*drěmaaxъ	*drěmaaše	*drěmaaše	—	*drěmaji	*drěmaji
Dual	*drěmaaxově	*drěmaašeta	*drěmaašete	*drěmajivě	*drěmajita	—
Plural	*drěmaaxomъ	*drěmaašete	*drěmaaxǫ	*drěmajimъ	*drěmajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: драма́ць (dramácʹ)
- Russian: дрема́ть (dremátʹ)
- Ukrainian: дріма́ти (drimáty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: дрѣмати (drěmati)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰴⱃⱑⰿⰰⱅⰻ (drěmati)
- Bulgarian: дре́мя (drémja)
- Macedonian: дреме (dreme)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: дре́мати, дрије́мати (Ijekavian)
  
  Latin script: drémati, drijémati (Ijekavian)
  - → Albanian: dremit
- Slovene: drẹ́mati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: dřiemati
  - Czech: dřímat
- Old Polish: drzemać
  - Polish: drzemać
  - Silesian: drzymać
- Polabian: dremĕs (2sg)
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: drzémac
  - Slovincian: drzêmac
- Old Slovak: driemať
  - Slovak: driemať
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: drěmaś
  - Upper Sorbian: drěmać

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*drě̄màti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 117: “v. (b) ‘doze, slumber’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “drěmati: drěmjǫ drěmjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b slumre (SA 210; PR 136)”