Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modliti

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 metathesis *-ld- > *-dl-, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ-éye-ti, from *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, beg”).^[1]

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian malda (“request”), maldýti (“to pray for”).

Indo-European cognates include Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /⁠māldi⁠/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), German melden (“to report, tell”), Old Armenian մաղթեմ (małtʻem).

Verb

*modlìti impf^[1]

(ambitransitive) to ask, pray

Conjugation

Conjugation of *modliti, *modli, *modlitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*modľenьje	*modliti	*modlitъ	*modlilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*modľenъ	*modlimъ
Active	*modľь	*modlę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*modlixъ	*modli	*modli	*modľǫ	*modliši	*modlitь
Dual	*modlixově	*modlista	*modliste	*modlivě	*modlita	*modlite
Plural	*modlixomъ	*modliste	*modlišę	*modlimъ	*modlite	*modlętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*modľaaxъ	*modľaaše	*modľaaše	—	*modli	*modli
Dual	*modľaaxově	*modľaašeta	*modľaašete	*modlivě	*modlita	—
Plural	*modľaaxomъ	*modľaašete	*modľaaxǫ	*modlimъ	*modlite	—

(*)*modlivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: молити (moliti)
  - Old Ruthenian: моли́ти (molíti)
    - Belarusian: малі́ць (malícʹ)
    - Ukrainian: моли́ти (molýty)
  - Russian: моли́ть (molítʹ)
    - → Kildin Sami: мо̄ллэ (mōlle)
- Old Novgorodian: моглити (mogliti)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: молити (moliti)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⰾⰻⱅⰻ (moliti)
- Bulgarian: мо́ля (mólja)
- Macedonian: моли (moli)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мо̀лити
  
  Latin script: mòliti
- Slovene: molīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: modliti
  - Czech: modlit
- Polish: modlić się
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mòdlëc sã
- Old Slovak:
  - Pannonian Rusyn: модлїц (modljic)
  - Slovak: modliť sa
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: modlić
  - Lower Sorbian: módliś

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”