Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьčьtati

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *mьčьta (“dream”).

Verb edit

*mьčьtati

to dream

Inflection edit

Conjugation of *mьčьtati, *mьčьta, *mьčьtajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьčьtanьje	*mьčьtati	*mьčьtatъ	*mьčьtalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьčьtanъ	*mьčьtajemъ
Active	*mьčьtavъ	*mьčьtaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьčьtaxъ	*mьčьta	*mьčьta	*mьčьtajǫ	*mьčьtaješi	*mьčьtajetь
Dual	*mьčьtaxově	*mьčьtasta	*mьčьtaste	*mьčьtajevě	*mьčьtajeta	*mьčьtajete
Plural	*mьčьtaxomъ	*mьčьtaste	*mьčьtašę	*mьčьtajemъ	*mьčьtajete	*mьčьtajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьčьtaaxъ	*mьčьtaaše	*mьčьtaaše	—	*mьčьtaji	*mьčьtaji
Dual	*mьčьtaaxově	*mьčьtaašeta	*mьčьtaašete	*mьčьtajivě	*mьčьtajita	—
Plural	*mьčьtaaxomъ	*mьčьtaašete	*mьčьtaaxǫ	*mьčьtajimъ	*mьčьtajite	—

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мьчьтати (mĭčĭtati), мечтати (mečtati)
  - Russian: мечта́ть (mečtátʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: мьчьтати (mĭčĭtati)
- Bulgarian: мечта́я (mečtája)
- Macedonian: ме́чтае (méčtae)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̀штати
  
  Latin script: màštati