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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 *maldás, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”). Cognates include Latin mollis (“soft, mild”) and Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”).[1]
Adjective
*mȏldъ[1][2]
- young
- Synonym: *junъ
Declension
Indefinite declension of *moldъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*moldъ
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*molda
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*moldo
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| genitive
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*molda
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*moldy
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*molda
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| dative
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*moldu
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*moldě
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*moldu
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| accusative
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*moldъ
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*moldǫ
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*moldo
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| instrumental
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*moldomь
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*moldojǫ
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*moldomь
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| locative
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*moldě
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*moldě
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*moldě
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| vocative
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*molde
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*moldo
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*moldo
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*molda
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*moldě
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*moldě
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| genitive
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*moldu
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*moldu
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*moldu
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| dative
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*moldoma
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*moldama
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*moldoma
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| accusative
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*molda
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*moldě
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*moldě
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| instrumental
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*moldoma
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*moldama
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*moldoma
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| locative
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*moldu
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*moldu
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*moldu
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| vocative
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*molda
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*moldě
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*moldě
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*moldi
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*moldy
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*molda
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| genitive
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*moldъ
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*moldъ
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*moldъ
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| dative
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*moldomъ
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*moldamъ
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*moldomъ
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| accusative
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*moldy
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*moldy
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*molda
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| instrumental
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*moldy
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*moldami
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*moldy
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| locative
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*molděxъ
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*moldaxъ
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*molděxъ
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| vocative
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*moldi
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*moldy
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*molda
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Definite declension of *moldъ (hard)
| singular
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*moldъjь
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*moldaja
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*moldoje
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| genitive
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*moldajego
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*moldyję̇
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*moldajego
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| dative
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*moldujemu
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*molději
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*moldujemu
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| accusative
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*moldъjь
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*moldǫjǫ
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*moldoje
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| instrumental
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*moldyjimь
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*moldǫjǫ
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*moldyjimь
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| locative
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*moldějemь
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*molději
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*moldějemь
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| vocative
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*moldъjь
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*moldaja
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*moldoje
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| dual
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*moldaja
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*molději
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*molději
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| genitive
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*molduju
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*molduju
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*molduju
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| dative
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*moldyjima
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*moldyjima
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*moldyjima
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| accusative
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*moldaja
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*molději
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*molději
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| instrumental
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*moldyjima
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*moldyjima
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*moldyjima
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| locative
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*molduju
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*molduju
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*molduju
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| vocative
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*moldaja
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*molději
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*molději
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| plural
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masculine
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feminine
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neuter
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| nominative
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*moldiji
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*moldyję̇
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*moldaja
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| genitive
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*moldъjixъ
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*moldъjixъ
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*moldъjixъ
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| dative
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*moldyjimъ
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*moldyjimъ
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*moldyjimъ
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| accusative
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*moldyję̇
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*moldyję̇
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*moldaja
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| instrumental
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*moldyjimi
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*moldyjimi
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*moldyjimi
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| locative
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*moldyjixъ
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*moldyjixъ
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*moldyjixъ
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| vocative
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*moldiji
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*moldyję̇
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*moldaja
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Derived terms
- *moldenьcь (“infant, child, youth”)
- *moldežь (“youth”)
- *molděti (“to be young”)
- *moldę (“youngling, cub, baby”)
- *moldętьce (“puppy, kitten, little one, etc.”)
- *moldikъ (“something or somebody young”)
- *moldiťь (“youngling”)
- *moldь (“youth”)
- *moldokъ (“novice, youth, young tree”)
- *moldostь (“youth, youthfulness, adolescence”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: молодъ (molodŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: молоды́й (molodýj)
- Belarusian: малады́ (maladý)
- Carpathian Rusyn: молоды́й (molodŷ́j)
- Ukrainian: молоди́й (molodýj)
- Russian: молодо́й (molodój)
- Old Novgorodian: молоде (molode)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Glagolitic script: ⰿⰾⰰⰴⱏ (mladŭ)
- Old Cyrillic script: младъ (mladŭ)
- Bulgarian: млад (mlad)
- Macedonian: млад (mlad)
- → Old East Slavic: младъ (mladŭ)
- Old Ruthenian: млады́й (mladýj); ⇒ мла́дшїй (mládšij)
- Russian: младо́й (mladój); ⇒ мла́дший (mládšij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: мла̑д
- Latin script: mlȃd
- Slovene: mlȃd (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mladý, mładý (alternative writing)
- Old Polish: młody
- Old Slovak: mladý
- Polabian: mlådĕ
- Pomeranian:
- Sorbian:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молодой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏldъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “adj. o (c) ‘young’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “moldъ molda moldo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 109, 146, 172; PR 138)”