Moksha edit

Noun edit

молить (moľiť)

  1. definite singular genitive of моли (moľi)

Russian edit

Etymology edit

From Old East Slavic молити (moliti), from Proto-Slavic *modlìti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [mɐˈlʲitʲ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

моли́ть (molítʹimpf

  1. to implore, to entreat, to beseech
  2. to pray, to beg

Conjugation edit

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Descendants edit

  • Kildin Sami: мо̄ллэ (mōlle)

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “молить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 539