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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mertéi, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
Verb
*mertì impf[1][2][3]
- to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*merti, *mer(tъ), *mьretь (
impf.,
-C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
|
L-participle
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| *mьrtьje
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*merti
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*mertъ
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*mьrlъ
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|
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*mьrtъ
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*mьromъ
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| Active
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*mьrъ
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*mьry
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|
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
|
3rd
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| Singular
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*merxъ |
*mer(tъ) |
*mer(tъ)
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*mьrǫ |
*mьreši |
*mьretь
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| Dual
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*merxově |
*mersta |
*merste
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*mьrevě |
*mьreta |
*mьrete
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| Plural
|
*merxomъ |
*merste |
*meršę
|
*mьremъ |
*mьrete |
*mьrǫtь
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|
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
|
*mьrěaxъ |
*mьrěaše |
*mьrěaše
|
— |
*mьri |
*mьri
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| Dual
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*mьrěaxově |
*mьrěašeta |
*mьrěašete
|
*mьrěvě |
*mьrěta |
—
|
| Plural
|
*mьrěaxomъ |
*mьrěašete |
*mьrěaxǫ
|
*mьrěmъ |
*mьrěte |
—
|
Notes: - (*)*mьrenъ is doublet of past passive participle
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мерети (mereti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мере́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mer-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 439–440
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*merti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 101
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*merti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “v. ‘die’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “merti: mьrǫ mьretь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c dø (SA 203, 212f., 233, 235; PR 139)”
- ^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “Another [inherited case with phonologically regular mobility] is *mь̏r(j)ǫ, *mьr(j)etь̍ ‘die’”
