*drītaną

Runic: ᛞᚱᛁᛏᚨᚾᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈdriː.tɑ.nɑ̃/

verb · Strong class 1

Meanings

to defecate
to urinate

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd-e/o- from root *dʰreyd- (‘to have diarrhea’). Perhaps cognate with Russian дриста́ть (dristátʹ, ‘to have diarrhea, shart’) and Persian درد (dord, ‘dregs’).

Conjugation

Present active

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive	Imperative
1st singular	drītō	drītaų	–
2nd singular	drītizi	drītaiz	drīt
3rd singular	drītidi	drītai	drītadau
1st dual	drītōz	drītaiw	–
2nd dual	drītadiz	drītaidiz	drītadiz
1st plural	drītamaz	drītaim	–
2nd plural	drītid	drītaid	drītid
3rd plural	drītandi	drītain	drītandau

Present passive

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	drītai	–
2nd singular	drītazai	drītaizau
3rd singular	drītadai	drītaidau
1st dual	–	–
2nd dual	–	–
1st plural	drītandai	drītaindau
2nd plural	drītandai	drītaindau
3rd plural	drītandai	drītaindau

Past

Person	Indicative	Subjunctive
1st singular	drait	dritį̄
2nd singular	draist	dritīz
3rd singular	drait	dritī
1st dual	dritū	dritīw
2nd dual	dritudiz	dritīdiz
1st plural	dritum	dritīm
2nd plural	dritud	dritīd
3rd plural	dritun	dritīn

Non-finite Forms

Infinitive	Present Participle	Past Participle
drītaną	drītandz	dritanaz

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Descendants

*drītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *drītan (Old Dutch)
  - driten (Middle Dutch)
    - drijten (Dutch)
*drītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drītan (Old English)
  - driten (Middle English)
    - drite (English)
    - drite (Scots)
*drītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- drīta (Old Frisian)
*drītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- trīzan, *drīzan (Old High German)
  - drieße (Central Franconian)
*drītan (Proto-West Germanic)
- *drītan (Old Saxon)
  - drîten (Middle Low German)
    - drieten (Low German)
dríta (Old Norse)
- dritte (Danish)
- dritå, draita (Elfdalian)
- dríta (Faroese)
- dríta (Icelandic)
- drite (Norwegian Bokmål)
- drita (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- drita (Swedish)

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