Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moknǫti

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 *močiti.

Verb

*moknǫti

1. to get wet

Inflection

Conjugation of *moknǫti, *moče, *moknetь (?, -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*močenьje	*moknǫti	*moknǫtъ	*moklъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*močenъ	*moknomъ
Active	*mokъ	*mokny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mok(ox)ъ	*moče	*moče	*moknǫ	*mokneši	*moknetь
Dual	*mok(ox)ově	*mok(e/os)ta	*mok(e/os)te	*moknevě	*mokneta	*moknete
Plural	*mok(ox)omъ	*mok(e/os)te	*mokǫ, *mokošę	*moknemъ	*moknete	*moknǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mokněaxъ	*mokněaše	*mokněaše	—	*mokni	*mokni
Dual	*mokněaxově	*mokněašeta	*mokněašete	*mokněvě	*mokněta	—
Plural	*mokněaxomъ	*mokněašete	*mokněaxǫ	*mokněmъ	*mokněte	—

Notes:
• Aorist *mokeste ⇒ *močeste, ...

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мокнѫти (moknǫti), мокнути (moknuti)
    • Old Ruthenian: мо́кнути (móknuti)
      • Belarusian: мо́кнуць (móknucʹ)
      • Ukrainian: мо́кнути (móknuty)
    • Russian: мо́кнуть (móknutʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мокнѫти (moknǫti)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⰽⱀⱘⱅⰻ (moknǫti)

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мокнути

    Latin script: moknuti

  • Slovene: mókniti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: moknúti
    • Czech: moknout
  • Old Polish: moknąć
    • Polish: moknąć
    • Silesian: moknōńć
  • Old Slovak:
    • Slovak: moknúť
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: mòknąc
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: moknuś
    • Upper Sorbian: moknyć

Further reading

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