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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mínˀtei.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian mi̇̀nti (“to trample, to scutch”), Latvian mĩt (“to trample, to scutch”). Further cognates unclear:
- Derksen says "doubtful whether there are any cognates outside of Balto-Slavic".[1]
- Trubačev proposes Ancient Greek ματέω (matéō, “to trample, to tread”) from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-tew-oh₂.[2]
- Shansky additionally proposes Irish men (“flour”).[3]
Verb
*mę̀ti impf[4][5][6]
- to crumple, to rub
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*męti, *mьne, *mьnetь (
impf., -C-, _/ox-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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| *mьnenьje
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*męti
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*mętъ
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*mьnlъ
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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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*mьnenъ
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*mьnomъ
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| Active
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*mьnъ
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*mьny
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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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*mьn(ox)ъ |
*mьne |
*mьne
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*mьnǫ |
*mьneši |
*mьnetь
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| Dual
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*mьn(ox)ově |
*mьn(e/os)ta |
*mьn(e/os)te
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*mьnevě |
*mьneta |
*mьnete
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| Plural
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*mьn(ox)omъ |
*mьn(e/os)te |
*mьnǫ, *mьnošę
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*mьnemъ |
*mьnete |
*mьnǫtь
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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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*mьněaxъ |
*mьněaše |
*mьněaše
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*mьni |
*mьni
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| Dual
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*mьněaxově |
*mьněašeta |
*mьněašete
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*mьněvě |
*mьněta |
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| Plural
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*mьněaxomъ |
*mьněašete |
*mьněaxǫ
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*mьněmъ |
*mьněte |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мяти (mjati)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: мѧти (męti)
- Glagolitic script: ⰿⱔⱅⰻ (męti)
- Bulgarian: мъ́на (mǎ́na)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: мети (only in Belostenec's dictionary)
- Latin: meti
- Slovene: mẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mieti
- Old Polish: miąć
- Slovak: mäť
- Slovincian: mjyc
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 18
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “It is doubtful whether there are any cognates outside Balto-Slavic (cf. LIV: 438).”
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 19
- ^ Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “мять”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mę̀ti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315: “v. ‘compress, crumple, scutch’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “męti: mьnǫ mьnetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 203, 248, 251; PR 136; ?MP 27)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “mẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mę̋ti, sed. *mьnǫ̋”