Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgnǫti

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 *mъrgati +‎ *-nǫti.

Verb

*mъrgnǫti^[1]

to blink

Conjugation

Conjugation of *mъrgnǫti, *mъrgnǫ, *mъrgnetь (?, -n-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mъrgnovenьje	*mъrgnǫti	*mъrgnǫtъ	*mъrgnǫlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mъrgnovenъ	*mъrgnomъ
Active	*mъrgnǫvъ	*mъrgny

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgnǫxъ	*mъrgnǫ	*mъrgnǫ	*mъrgnǫ	*mъrgneši	*mъrgnetь
Dual	*mъrgnǫxově	*mъrgnǫsta	*mъrgnǫste	*mъrgnevě	*mъrgneta	*mъrgnete
Plural	*mъrgnǫxomъ	*mъrgnǫste	*mъrgnǫšę	*mъrgnemъ	*mъrgnete	*mъrgnǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgněaxъ	*mъrgněaše	*mъrgněaše	—	*mъrgni	*mъrgni
Dual	*mъrgněaxově	*mъrgněašeta	*mъrgněašete	*mъrgněvě	*mъrgněta	—
Plural	*mъrgněaxomъ	*mъrgněašete	*mъrgněaxǫ	*mъrgněmъ	*mъrgněte	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: міргану́ць (mirhanúcʹ)
- Russian: моргну́ть (morgnútʹ)
- Ukrainian: моргну́ти (morhnúty)
West Slavic:
- Kashubian: mërgnąc
- Polish: margnąć, mrugnąć
- Silesian: mrugnōńć

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 239

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrgnǫti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 239

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