Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pamętь

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 Pre-Slavic *pṓˀ-mintis, equivalent to *pa- +‎ Proto-Balto-Slavic *mintís. Grammatically a verbal noun of an early *pamęti +‎ *-tь, parallel to *pomьniti (to remember).[1]

Noun

*pàmę̄tь f[1][2]

  1. memory

Inflection

Declension of *pàmę̄tь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *pàmę̄tь *pàmę̄ti *pàmę̄ti
genitive *pàmę̄tī *pàmę̄tьju, *pàmę̄ťu* *pàmę̄tьjь, *pàmę̄tī*
dative *pàmę̄ti *pàmę̄tьma *pàmę̄tьmъ
accusative *pàmę̄tь *pàmę̄ti *pàmę̄ti
instrumental *pàmę̄tьjǫ, *pàmę̄ťǭ* *pàmę̄tьma *pàmę̄tьmī
locative *pàmę̄tī *pàmę̄tьju, *pàmę̄ťu* *pàmę̄tьxъ
vocative *pamęti *pàmę̄ti *pàmę̄ti

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pàmętь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
  2. ^ Vowel length of *ę not indicated by Derksen, but it is expected and is in fact reflected in Serbo-Croatian.