Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/močiti
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mak-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian makõnė (“mud”), dialectal Lithuanian mokė (“big quagmire”), mokas (“thick mud”). Indo-European cognates include Old Armenian մօր (mōr, “mud, marsh”). Vasmer suggests a further cognate with Old Irish móin (“swamp, marsh”) and Trubachev additionally gives Albanian makë (“glue, liquid film”).
Verb edit
- to wet
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *močiti, *moči, *močitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *močenьje | *močiti | *močitъ | *močilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *močenъ | *močimъ |
| Active | *močь | *močę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *močixъ | *moči | *moči | *močǫ | *močiši | *močitь |
| Dual | *močixově | *močista | *močiste | *močivě | *močita | *močite |
| Plural | *močixomъ | *močiste | *močišę | *močimъ | *močite | *močętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *močaaxъ | *močaaše | *močaaše | — | *moči | *moči |
| Dual | *močaaxově | *močaašeta | *močaašete | *močivě | *močita | — |
| Plural | *močaaxomъ | *močaašete | *močaaxǫ | *močimъ | *močite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*močivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мочи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg et al., editors (1974–2021), “*močiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*močìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 320: “v. (b) ‘wet’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “močiti: močjǫ močitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b fugte (SA 260; PR 137)”