Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrknǫti

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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

Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mirˀk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hk-, from the root *merHk-. Cognate with Lithuanian mirksė́ti (“to blink”), mérkti (“to close one's eyes”) (1sg. mérkiu, 1sg. past mérkiau), Latvian mir̂kšķêt, mir̂kšêt (“to blink”), mir̃kšķinât (“to blink, to make a sign”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 (maurgins, “morning”). Vasmer adds Sanskrit मर्क (marká-, “solar eclipse”) as a possible, if uncertain, cognate. Chernykh adds as a cognate Old Irish mrecht (“multicolored, motley, spotted”) as well as Old Norse murta (“small trout”) < *mr̥Hk-t-, due to its spotted coloring and the exact correspondence with the previously mentioned Old Irish word.

Verb

*mь̀rknǫti impf or pf[1][2]

  1. to become dark, to darken

Inflection

Conjugation of *mьrknǫti, *mьrče, *mьrknetь (impf./pf., -C/n-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mьrčenьje *mьrknǫti *mьrknǫtъ *mьrklъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mьrčenъ *mьrknomъ
Active *mьrkъ *mьrkny
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mьrk(ox)ъ *mьrče *mьrče *mьrknǫ *mьrkneši *mьrknetь
Dual *mьrk(ox)ově *mьrk(e/os)ta *mьrk(e/os)te *mьrknevě *mьrkneta *mьrknete
Plural *mьrk(ox)omъ *mьrk(e/os)te *mьrkǫ, *mьrkošę *mьrknemъ *mьrknete *mьrknǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mьrkněaxъ *mьrkněaše *mьrkněaše — *mьrkni *mьrkni
Dual *mьrkněaxově *mьrkněašeta *mьrkněašete *mьrkněvě *mьrkněta —
Plural *mьrkněaxomъ *mьrkněašete *mьrkněaxǫ *mьrkněmъ *mьrkněte —

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

*mьrknǫti:

*mьrťi?:

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ме́ркнуть”, 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 524
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́ркнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьrknǫti I/*mьrkt’i”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 133

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mь̀rknǫti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 341: “v. (a) ‘become dark’”
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mьrknǫti: mьrknǫ mьrknetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 211, 259; PR 133)”
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