Old Church Slavonic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *mьněti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Verb edit

мьнѣти (mĭnětiimpf

  1. think
    • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1218-1222:
      такъ бо ѥстъ обꙑчаи диꙗволоу и ослѣплꙗѥтъ очи и оумалꙗѥтъ грѣхъ да творѧщеи зълаꙗ мьнѧтъ сѧ не творѧщеи зъла ничесоже
      takŭ bo jestŭ obyčai dijavolu i oslěpljajetŭ oči i umaljajetŭ grěxŭ da tvoręštei zŭlaja mĭnętŭ sę ne tvoręštei zŭla ničesože
      Such is the habit of the devil; he blinds the eyes and shrinks sin, so that those who do evil think they are doing nothing wrong.
  2. assume
  3. believe

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Russian: мнительный (mnitelʹnyj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: мнити
    Latin script: mniti
  • Slovene: meniti