Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męčь
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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
Etymology
Resultant noun from *męčati (“to squash, to knead”) + *-jь.
Noun
*męčь m[1]
Declension
Declension of *mę̃čь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mę̃čь | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čì |
| genitive | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čù | *mę̃čь |
| dative | *mę̄čù | *mę̄čèma | *mę̃čemъ |
| accusative | *mę̃čь | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čę̇̀ |
| instrumental | *mę̄čь̀mь, *mę̄čèmь* | *mę̄čèma | *mę̃či |
| locative | *mę̄čì | *mę̄čù | *mę̃čixъ |
| vocative | *męču | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- *męča (“mush”)
- *mękotь (“soft part of a structure, flesh, pulp”)
- *mękyšь (“soft bread/cake”)
- *mękъkъ (“soft, smushy”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: меч (meč), ме́чка (méčka, “soft bun or loaf of bread”) (dialectal)
- Slovene: mẹ̑č (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
- West Slavic:
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: minge
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мяч”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “męčь męča”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 126f.; RPT 102)”