Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgati

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 *murˀg-, *mirˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥gʷ- or *mr̥Hgʷ-, from the root *mergʷ- or *merHgʷ-. Cognate with Lithuanian mirgė́ti (“to twinkle”) (3sg. mìrga), Latvian mir̂dzêt (“to twinkle”), Old Norse myrkr (“dark”) (acc. myrkvan).

Verb

*mъrgati impf

1. to blink, to wink

Inflection

Conjugation of *mъrgati, *mъrga, *mъrgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mъrganьje	*mъrgati	*mъrgatъ	*mъrgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mъrganъ	*mъrgajemъ
Active	*mъrgavъ	*mъrgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgaxъ	*mъrga	*mъrga	*mъrgajǫ	*mъrgaješi	*mъrgajetь
Dual	*mъrgaxově	*mъrgasta	*mъrgaste	*mъrgajevě	*mъrgajeta	*mъrgajete
Plural	*mъrgaxomъ	*mъrgaste	*mъrgašę	*mъrgajemъ	*mъrgajete	*mъrgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgaaxъ	*mъrgaaše	*mъrgaaše	—	*mъrgaji	*mъrgaji
Dual	*mъrgaaxově	*mъrgaašeta	*mъrgaašete	*mъrgajivě	*mъrgajita	—
Plural	*mъrgaaxomъ	*mъrgaašete	*mъrgaaxǫ	*mъrgajimъ	*mъrgajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: марга́ць (marhácʹ), мірга́ць (mirhácʹ)
  • Russian: морга́ть (morgátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: морга́ти (morháty)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mrhati
    • Czech: mrhat, mrgať (dialectal), ⇒ mrholit
  • Polish: margać, mrugać
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: mërgac
    • Slovincian: mërgac
  • Silesian: mrugać
  • Slovak: mrhať

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “морга́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 237