Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrviti

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

By surface analysis, *mьrva +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*mьrviti

1. to crumble, pestle

Conjugation

Conjugation of *mьrviti, *mьrvi, *mьrvitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьrvľenьje	*mьrviti	*mьrvitъ	*mьrvilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьrvľenъ	*mьrvimъ
Active	*mьrvľь	*mьrvę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьrvixъ	*mьrvi	*mьrvi	*mьrvľǫ	*mьrviši	*mьrvitь
Dual	*mьrvixově	*mьrvista	*mьrviste	*mьrvivě	*mьrvita	*mьrvite
Plural	*mьrvixomъ	*mьrviste	*mьrvišę	*mьrvimъ	*mьrvite	*mьrvętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьrvľaaxъ	*mьrvľaaše	*mьrvľaaše	—	*mьrvi	*mьrvi
Dual	*mьrvľaaxově	*mьrvľaašeta	*mьrvľaašete	*mьrvivě	*mьrvita	—
Plural	*mьrvľaaxomъ	*mьrvľaašete	*mьrvľaaxǫ	*mьrvimъ	*mьrvite	—

Notes:
• (*)*mьrvivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: мервити (mervyty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мр̏вити

    Latin script: mȑviti

  • Slovene: mŕviti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mrvit
  • Polish: mierzwić, mirwić (dialectal)
  • Slovak: mrviť, mervic (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mjeŕwić
    • Lower Sorbian: mjerwiś

Further reading

• Skok, Petar (1972) “mrva”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 472
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “мерва”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 438