Proto-Slavic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mélˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”). Cognates include Lithuanian málti, German mahlen, Latin molō, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), Sanskrit मृणाति (mṛṇā́ti) and Hittite [script needed] (malla-i).
*mèlti impf[1][2][3]
- to grind, mill
Conjugation
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Conjugation of
*melti, *mel, *meľetь (
impf.,
-C/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*meltьje
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*melti
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*meltъ
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*mellъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*meltъ
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*meľemъ
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Active
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*melvъ
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*meľę
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*melsъ |
*mel |
*mel
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*meľǫ |
*meľeši |
*meľetь
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Dual
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*melsově |
*melsta |
*melste
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*meľevě |
*meľeta |
*meľete
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Plural
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*melsomъ |
*melste |
*melsę
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*meľemъ |
*meľete |
*meľǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*meľaaxъ |
*meľaaše |
*meľaaše
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*meľi |
*meľi
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Dual
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*meľaaxově |
*meľaašeta |
*meľaašete
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*meľivě |
*meľita |
—
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Plural
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*meľaaxomъ |
*meľaašete |
*meľaaxǫ
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*meľimъ |
*meľite |
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Notes: - (*)*meljenъ is doublet of past passive participle
See also
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Descendants
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- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: молоти (moloti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
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- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mèlti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 307: “v. (b) ‘grind, mill’”
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “malti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 302: “*meltì”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “melti: meljǫ meljetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248f., 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”