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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mak-, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ek- (“wet, moist”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian makõnė (“mud”), dialectal Lithuanian mokė (“big quagmire”), mokas (“thick mud”). Outside of Balto-Slavic, perhaps cognate with Old Armenian մօր (mōr, “mud, marsh”), as well as Persian مزه (maze, “taste; snack”). Vasmer suggests a further cognate with Old Irish móin (“swamp, marsh”) and Trubachev additionally gives Albanian makë (“glue, liquid film”).
Verb
*močìti impf
- to wet
Inflection
Conjugation of
*močiti, *moči, *močitь (
impf.,
-i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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*močenьje
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*močiti
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*močitъ
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*močilъ
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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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*močenъ
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*močimъ
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Active
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*močь
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*močę
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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
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3rd
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Singular
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*močixъ |
*moči |
*moči
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*močǫ |
*močiši |
*močitь
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Dual
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*močixově |
*močista |
*močiste
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*močivě |
*močita |
*močite
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Plural
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*močixomъ |
*močiste |
*močišę
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*močimъ |
*močite |
*močętь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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Singular
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*močaaxъ |
*močaaše |
*močaaše
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— |
*moči |
*moči
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Dual
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*močaaxově |
*močaašeta |
*močaašete
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*močivě |
*močita |
—
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Plural
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*močaaxomъ |
*močaašete |
*močaaxǫ
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*močimъ |
*močite |
—
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Notes: - (*)*močivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мочити (močiti)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мочи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg et al., editors (1963, 1974–2021), “*močiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “698”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 698
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*močìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. (b) ‘wet’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “močiti: močjǫ močitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b fugte (SA 260; PR 137)”