Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgati
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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. |
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]*mъrgati impf[1]
Inflection
[edit]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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъrgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “v. ‘blink, wink’”
- ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mrholit”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 434