Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *maras, from Proto-Indo-European *mor-o-s, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Lithuanian mãras and Latin mors.

Noun

*mȍrъ m[1][2]

  1. plague

Inflection

Declension of *mȍrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȍrъ *mȍra *mȍri
genitive *mȍra *morù *mòrъ
dative *mȍru *moromà *moròmъ
accusative *mȍrъ *mȍra *mȍry
instrumental *mȍrъmь, *mȍromь* *moromà *morý
locative *mȍrě *morù *morě̃xъ
vocative *more *mȍra *mȍri

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

  • *merti (“to die”)
  • *moriti (“to tire, to drain one's energy”)

Derived terms

Declension

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: моръ (morŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: моръ (morŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⱃⱏ (morŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мор (mor)
    • Macedonian: мор (mor)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мо̑р
      Latin script: mȏr
    • Slovene: mȍr (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*morъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326: “m. o ‘plague’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “morъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c pest (PR 137)”
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