Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/marati

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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

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Etymology

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Cognate with Ancient Greek μορύσσω (morússō, to soil) and Albanian përmjerr (to urinate).

Verb

*marati

  1. to stain, to sully, to smear

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “marati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 207
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мара́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress