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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mánˀkīˀtei.
Verb
*mǫ̀čiti impf[1]
- to torture, to torment
Inflection
Conjugation of
*mǫčiti, *mǫči, *mǫčitь (
impf.,
-i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*mǫčenьje
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*mǫčiti
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*mǫčitъ
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*mǫčilъ
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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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*mǫčenъ
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*mǫčimъ
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Active
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*mǫčь
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*mǫčę
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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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*mǫčixъ |
*mǫči |
*mǫči
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*mǫčǫ |
*mǫčiši |
*mǫčitь
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Dual
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*mǫčixově |
*mǫčista |
*mǫčiste
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*mǫčivě |
*mǫčita |
*mǫčite
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Plural
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*mǫčixomъ |
*mǫčiste |
*mǫčišę
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*mǫčimъ |
*mǫčite |
*mǫčętь
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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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*mǫčaaxъ |
*mǫčaaše |
*mǫčaaše
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— |
*mǫči |
*mǫči
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Dual
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*mǫčaaxově |
*mǫčaašeta |
*mǫčaašete
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*mǫčivě |
*mǫčita |
—
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Plural
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*mǫčaaxomъ |
*mǫčaašete |
*mǫčaaxǫ
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*mǫčimъ |
*mǫčite |
—
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Notes: - (*)*mǫčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мꙋчити (mučiti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “му́чить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 551
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “му́чить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 438
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mǫčiti II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 114
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mǫ̀čiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328: “v. (a) ‘torment, torture’”