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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 *mertéi, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
Verb
*mertì impf[1][2][3]
- to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*merti, *mer(tъ), *mьretь (
impf., -C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *mьrtьje
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*merti
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*mertъ
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*mьrlъ
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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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*mьrtъ
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*mьromъ
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| Active
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*mьrъ
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*mьry
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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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*merxъ |
*mer(tъ) |
*mer(tъ)
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*mьrǫ |
*mьreši |
*mьretь
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| Dual
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*merxově |
*mersta |
*merste
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*mьrevě |
*mьreta |
*mьrete
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| Plural
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*merxomъ |
*merste |
*meršę
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*mьremъ |
*mьrete |
*mьrǫtь
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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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*mьrěaxъ |
*mьrěaše |
*mьrěaše
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*mьri |
*mьri
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| Dual
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*mьrěaxově |
*mьrěašeta |
*mьrěašete
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*mьrěvě |
*mьrěta |
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| Plural
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*mьrěaxomъ |
*mьrěašete |
*mьrěaxǫ
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*mьrěmъ |
*mьrěte |
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Notes: - (*)*mьrenъ is doublet of past passive participle
Derived terms
- *umerti
- *umirati
- *umoriti
- *zamerti
- *zamirati
- *zamoriti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мерети (mereti)
- Belarusian: ме́рці (mjérci)
- Russian: мере́ть (merétʹ)
- Ukrainian: мере́ти (meréty), ме́рти (mérty)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: мрѣти (mrěti)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: мра (mra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: mrẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mřieti
- Old Polish: mrzeć
- Polish: mrzeć
- Silesian: mrzyć
- Polabian: marĕt
- Pomeranian:
- Old Slovak: *mreť, mrieť
- Pannonian Rusyn: мрец (mrec)
- Slovak: mrieť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: mrěś
- Upper Sorbian: mrěć
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мере́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mer-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 439–440
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*merti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 101
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*merti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “v. ‘die’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “merti: mьrǫ mьretь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c dø (SA 203, 212f., 233, 235; PR 139)”
- ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “Another [inherited case with phonologically regular mobility] is *mь̏r(j)ǫ, *mьr(j)etь̍ ‘die’”