Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mojь

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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *majas, from Proto-Indo-European *móyos (my; mine). Cognate with Old Prussian mais (gen.sg. maian), Latin meus.[1]

Determiner

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*mojь[1]

  1. my

Declension

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Declension of *mojь
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *mojь *moja *moje
Accusative *mojь *mojǫ *moje
Genitive *mojego *mojeję̇ *mojego
Locative *mojemь *mojeji *mojemь
Dative *mojemu *mojeji *mojemu
Instrumental *mojimь *mojejǫ *mojimь
Dual Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *moja *moji *moji
Accusative *moja *moji *moji
Genitive *mojeju *mojeju *mojeju
Locative *mojeju *mojeju *mojeju
Dative *mojima *mojima *mojima
Instrumental *mojima *mojima *mojima
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *moji *moję̇ *moja
Accusative *moję̇ *moję̇ *moja
Genitive *mojixъ *mojixъ *mojixъ
Locative *mojixъ *mojixъ *mojixъ
Dative *mojimъ *mojimъ *mojimъ
Instrumental *mojimi *mojimi *mojimi

Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мои (moi)
    • Old Novgorodian: мои (moi)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mojь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322