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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lamˀ-, from Proto-Indo-European *lemH-, *h₃lemH-.
Baltic cognates include
Lithuanian lémti (“to decide, to determine”), Latvian lem̃t (“to decide, to determine”), Old Prussian lembtwey, limtwey, limtwei (“to break”).
Per Vasmer, cognate with Old Norse lemja (“to beat”). Compare English lame.
Verb
*lomìti impf[1][2]
- to break
Inflection
Conjugation of
*lomiti, *lomi, *lomitь (
impf.,
-i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*lomľenьje
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*lomiti
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*lomitъ
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*lomilъ
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Participles
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Tense
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Past
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Present
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Passive
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*lomľenъ
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*lomimъ
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Active
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*lomľь
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*lomę
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Aorist
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Present
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Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Singular
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*lomixъ |
*lomi |
*lomi
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*lomľǫ |
*lomiši |
*lomitь
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Dual
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*lomixově |
*lomista |
*lomiste
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*lomivě |
*lomita |
*lomite
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Plural
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*lomixomъ |
*lomiste |
*lomišę
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*lomimъ |
*lomite |
*lomętь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*lomľaaxъ |
*lomľaaše |
*lomľaaše
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— |
*lomi |
*lomi
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Dual
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*lomľaaxově |
*lomľaašeta |
*lomľaašete
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*lomivě |
*lomita |
—
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Plural
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*lomľaaxomъ |
*lomľaašete |
*lomľaaxǫ
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*lomimъ |
*lomite |
—
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Notes: - (*)*lomivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ломити (lomiti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ломи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lomiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 16
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lomìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 284: “v. (b) ‘break’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lomiti: lomjǫ lomitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b brække (PR 137)”