Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgoda
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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
*mъrgati (“to smirk”) + *-oda
Noun
*mъrgoda f[1]
- scowl (facial gesture of displeasure or disapproval)
Declension
Declension of *mъrgoda (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *mъrgoda | *mъrgodě | *mъrgody |
| genitive | *mъrgody | *mъrgodu | *mъrgodъ |
| dative | *mъrgodě | *mъrgodama | *mъrgodamъ |
| accusative | *mъrgodǫ | *mъrgodě | *mъrgody |
| instrumental | *mъrgodojǫ, *mъrgodǫ** | *mъrgodama | *mъrgodami |
| locative | *mъrgodě | *mъrgodu | *mъrgodasъ, *mъrgodaxъ* |
| vocative | *mъrgodo | *mъrgodě | *mъrgody |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Descendants
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “morgoditi”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “izpeljano iz *mъrgoda”
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrgoda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 239