Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъlviti

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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

From *mъ̀lva +‎ *-iti; or continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *múlˀwīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥wH-éye-ti, from *mlewH-. Cognate with Sanskrit ब्रवीति (brávīti, “to say”), Avestan 𐬨𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (mraoiti, “to say”). Per Chernykh, some linguists link the root to Ancient Greek μέλος (mélos, “song, melody”).

Verb

*mъlviti[1][2]

  1. to speak, to say

Inflection

Conjugation of *mъlviti, *mъlvi, *mъlvitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mъlvľenьje *mъlviti *mъlvitъ *mъlvilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mъlvľenъ *mъlvimъ
Active *mъlvľь *mъlvę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mъlvixъ *mъlvi *mъlvi *mъlvľǫ *mъlviši *mъlvitь
Dual *mъlvixově *mъlvista *mъlviste *mъlvivě *mъlvita *mъlvite
Plural *mъlvixomъ *mъlviste *mъlvišę *mъlvimъ *mъlvite *mъlvętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mъlvľaaxъ *mъlvľaaše *mъlvľaaše — *mъlvi *mъlvi
Dual *mъlvľaaxově *mъlvľaašeta *mъlvľaašete *mъlvivě *mъlvita —
Plural *mъlvľaaxomъ *mъlvľaašete *mъlvľaaxǫ *mъlvimъ *mъlvite —
    Notes:
  • (*)*mъlvivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мо́лвить”, 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 538
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъlviti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 227

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъlviti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 334: “v. ‘speak, say’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъlviti: mъlvjǫ mъlvitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a tale (PR 133)”
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