drě̄màti

drě̄màti Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `doze, slumber'

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Old Church Slavic:

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Church Slavic:

drěmati `doze, slumber' [verb]

Russian:

dremát' `doze, slumber' [verb], dremljú [1sg], drémljet [3sg]

Czech:

dřímati `doze, slumber' [verb]

Slovak:

driemat' `doze, slumber' [verb]

Polish:

drzemać `doze, slumber' [verb]

Slovincian:

dřìe̯măc `doze, slumber' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

drijèmati `doze, slumber' [verb], drȉjemām [1sg], drȉjemljēm [1sg];

Čak. drīmȁti (Vrgada) `doze, slumber' [verb], drĩml̨eš [2sg]

Slovene:

drẹ́mati `doze, slumber' [verb], drẹ́mam [1sg], drẹ́mljem [3sg]

Bulgarian:

drémja `doze, slumber' [verb]

Comments: It has been suggested that the Slavic root *drěm- is a contamination of *dreh₁-, cf. Skt. ni-drāyā́t (Br) 3sg. opt. `may sleep, slumber', and *dremß-, cf. Lat. dormīre `sleep'. A reconstruction *dreh₁m is in conflict with the accentual evidence, however. It is therefore more likely that *drěmati has a secondary lengthened grade vowel, which is not uncommon in intensives (cf. Klingenschmitt 1989: 81).

Other cognates:

Skt. ni-drāyā́t (Br) `sleep, slumber' [3sopa];

Lat. dormīre `sleep'

Notes:

\{1\} In OCS, we only find drěmanie (Ps. Sin.) Asg. `slumber'.