Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlviti
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From *mъ̀lva + *-iti; or continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-éye-ti, from *mlewH-. Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रवीति (brávīti, “to say”), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mraoiti, “to say”). Per Chernykh, some linguists link the root to Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, melody”).
Verb edit
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *mъlviti, *mъlvi, *mъlvitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*mъlvľenьje | *mъlviti | *mъlvitъ | *mъlvilъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *mъlvľenъ | *mъlvimъ |
Active | *mъlvľь | *mъlvę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *mъlvixъ | *mъlvi | *mъlvi | *mъlvľǫ | *mъlviši | *mъlvitь |
Dual | *mъlvixově | *mъlvista | *mъlviste | *mъlvivě | *mъlvita | *mъlvite |
Plural | *mъlvixomъ | *mъlviste | *mъlvišę | *mъlvimъ | *mъlvite | *mъlvętь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *mъlvľaaxъ | *mъlvľaaše | *mъlvľaaše | — | *mъlvi | *mъlvi |
Dual | *mъlvľaaxově | *mъlvľaašeta | *mъlvľaašete | *mъlvivě | *mъlvita | — |
Plural | *mъlvľaaxomъ | *mъlvľaašete | *mъlvľaaxǫ | *mъlvimъ | *mъlvite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*mъlvivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms edit
- *mъlva (“speech”)
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мо́лвить”, 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 538
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlviti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 334: “v. ‘speak, say’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlviti: mъlvjǫ mъlvitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 133)”