мощи
See also: мошти
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мощи pl (mošti), the plural of мощь (moštĭ, “power”). Probably a calque of Byzantine Greek δυνάμεις (dunámeis, “powers, manifestations of sainthood/divinity”).
Noun edit
мощи • (mošti) f pl
- (plural only) relics (remnants of a saint's body)
Declension edit
Declension of мо́щи
| plural | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | мо́щи móšti |
| definite | мо́щите móštite |
References edit
- “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мощи”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 270
- “мощи”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024
Old Church Slavonic edit
Alternative forms edit
- мошти (mošti)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“be able, capable”). Cognate with English may, Sanskrit मघ (magha, “power”), Persian مغ (“Zoroastrian priest”), Old High German mugan (“be able”).
Verb edit
мощи • (mošti) pf
- to be able
Conjugation edit
| 👤 singular | 👥 dual | 👤👥👥 plural | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | |||||||||
| могѫ (mogǫ) | можеши (možeši) | можетъ (možetŭ) | можевѣ (moževě) | можета (možeta) | можете (možete) | можемъ (možemŭ) | можете (možete) | могѫтъ (mogǫtŭ) | |||||||||
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
мощи • (mošti) f plural of мошть (moštĭ)
- (religion) relics
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2919-1921:
- да бѫдетъ проклѧтъ иже свѧтꙑихъ вьсѣхъ не чьтетъ ни кланꙗѥтъ сѧ съ любъвиѭ мощемъ ихъ
- da bǫdetŭ proklętŭ iže svętyixŭ vĭsěxŭ ne čĭtetŭ ni klanjajetŭ sę sŭ ljubŭvijǫ moštemŭ ixŭ
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2919-1921:
References edit
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка[1], София
Further reading edit
- Koch, Christoph (1990) “§ 53 Konj. I.1a,1b1 (mogǫ mošti)”, in Das morphologische System des altkirchenslavischen Verbums[2] (in German), Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, page 597
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мощи (mošti), plural of мошть (moštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mogťi. Cognate to мощь (moščʹ), мочь (močʹ).
Noun edit
мо́щи • (móšči) m inan pl (genitive моще́й, plural only)
Declension edit
Declension of мо́щи (inan pl-only masc-form sibilant-stem accent-e)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
мо́щи • (móšči) f inan
- genitive/dative/prepositional singular of мощь (moščʹ)