Proto-SlavicEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *minēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *mn-eh₁- (present stem *mn-eye-), from the root *men- (“to think, mind”).
Cognates include Lithuanian minė́ti (“to mention”) (1sg. menù, later miniù), Latvian minêt (“to mention”) (1sg. minu), Lithuanian miñti (“to remember, to guess”) (1sg. menù), manýti (“to understand, to think”) (1sg. manaũ), Ancient Greek μαίνομαι (maínomai, “to rage”), Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬙𐬈 (mainiiete), Sanskrit मन्यते (mányate, “to think, to believe, to suppose”), मनुते (manuté, “to think, to remember”), Old Persian 𐎶𐎡𐎴𐎹𐎠𐏃𐎹 (mainyāhay), Ancient Greek μέμονα (mémona, “to remember”), Latin meminī (“to remember”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (munan, “to think, to remember”), Old Irish do·muinethar (“to believe”), Ancient Greek μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō, “to remind, to remember”).
VerbEdit
*mьněti impf
- to think
ConjugationEdit
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*mьněnьje | *mьněti | *mьnětъ | *mьnělъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *mьněnъ | *mьnimъ |
Active | *mьněvъ | *mьnę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *mьněxъ | *mьně | *mьně | *mьnjǫ | *mьniši | *mьnitь |
Dual | *mьněxově | *mьněsta | *mьněste | *mьnivě | *mьnita | *mьnite |
Plural | *mьněxomъ | *mьněste | *mьněšę | *mьnimъ | *mьnite | *mьnętь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *mьněaxъ | *mьněaše | *mьněaše | — | *mьni | *mьni |
Dual | *mьněaxově | *mьněašeta | *mьněašete | *mьnivě | *mьnita | — |
Plural | *mьněaxomъ | *mьněašete | *mьněaxǫ | *mьnimъ | *mьnite | — |
Related termsEdit
- *pamętь (“memory”)
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: мьнѣти (mĭněti, “to think, to suppose, to imagine”), 1sg. мьнѭ (mĭnjǫ)
- Bulgarian: мня (mnja, “to believe”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: mnẹ́ti (“to think, to suppose”) (tonal orthography), 1sg. mním (tonal orthography)
ReferencesEdit
- Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “мнить”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 536
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mьněti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 340–341
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мнить”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
- Trubačev O. N., editor (1994), “*mьněti (sę)/*mьniti (sę)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 21, Moscow: Nauka, pages 113–115