Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrtь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirtís, from Proto-Indo-European *mértis.

Noun

*mьrtь f

1. skin disease

Declension

Declension of *mьrtь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mьrtь	*mьrti	*mьrti
genitive	*mьrti	*mьrtьju, *mьrťu*	*mьrtьjь, *mьrti*
dative	*mьrti	*mьrtьma	*mьrtьmъ
accusative	*mьrtь	*mьrti	*mьrti
instrumental	*mьrtьjǫ, *mьrťǫ*	*mьrtьma	*mьrtьmi
locative	*mьrti	*mьrtьju, *mьrťu*	*mьrtьxъ
vocative	*mьrti	*mьrti	*mьrti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *sъmьrtь

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mrt
    • Czech: mrt

From *mьrtina

• Czech: mrtina

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьrtь/*mьrta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150