Proto-Slavic
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Etymology
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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *m(a)ūˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *muH- (<*miuH-) and cognate with Lithuanian maudyti, Latvian maut, Latin moveo and Sanskrit mī́vati according to Derksen (2008: 338) (see Proto-Indo-European *mew-). According to Pokorny 741-743, from a PIE *mew meaning 'wet, damp, to wash'.
*mỳti impf[1][2]
- to wash
Conjugation
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Conjugation of
*myti, *my, *myjetь (
impf.,
-V-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*mytьje
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*myti
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*mytъ
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*mylъ
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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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*mytъ
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*myjemъ
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Active
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*myvъ
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*myję
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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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*myxъ |
*my |
*my
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*myjǫ |
*myješi |
*myjetь
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Dual
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*myxově |
*mysta |
*myste
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*myjevě |
*myjeta |
*myjete
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Plural
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*myxomъ |
*myste |
*myšę
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*myjemъ |
*myjete |
*myjǫtь
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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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*myjaaxъ |
*myjaaše |
*myjaaše
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*myji |
*myji
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Dual
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*myjaaxově |
*myjaašeta |
*myjaašete
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*myjivě |
*myjita |
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Plural
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*myjaaxomъ |
*myjaašete |
*myjaaxǫ
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*myjimъ |
*myjite |
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙑти (myti)
- Belarusian: мыць (mycʹ)
- Russian: мыть (mytʹ)
- Carpathian Rusyn: мыти (mŷty)
- Ukrainian: ми́ти (mýty)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Kashubian: mëc
- Old Czech: mýti
- Polish: myć
- Slovak: mуť
- Slovincian: mëc
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: myć
- Lower Sorbian: myś
References
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- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mỳti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 338: “v. (a) ‘wash’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “myti: myjǫ myjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 204, 212f., 246; PR 133; MP 23, 27)”