моцъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• моць (mocʹ)

Etymology

First attested in 1436–1455. Borrowed from Old Polish moc, from Proto-Slavic *mȍťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis, from *megʰ-.

Doublet of мочъ (moč), inherited from Proto-Slavic and мощъ (mošč), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

моцъ • (mocʹ) f inan (related adjective моцный)

1. power, strength, might

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ- (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

• Belarusian: моц (moc)
• Carpathian Rusyn: муць (mucʹ)
• Ukrainian: міць (micʹ); моц (moc) (obsolete)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “моц”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 615
• Dezső, László (1996) “моць”, in Деловая письменность русинов в XVII–XVIII вв. [Rusyn Business Writing in the 17ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ c.] (in Russian), Nyíregyháza: Bessenyei György Tanárképző Főiskola; Ukrán és Ruszin Filológiai Tanszék, page 89
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “моцъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 187
• Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “моцъ”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 437