Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motriti

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat(r)ī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to discern”), related to Lithuanian matýti (“to look at, watch”), matrùs (“vigilant”).

Verb

*motrìti

to look at, watch

Inflection

Conjugation of *motriti, *motri, *motritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*motřenьje	*motriti	*motritъ	*motrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*motřenъ	*motrimъ
Active	*motřь	*motrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*motrixъ	*motri	*motri	*motřǫ	*motriši	*motritь
Dual	*motrixově	*motrista	*motriste	*motrivě	*motrita	*motrite
Plural	*motrixomъ	*motriste	*motrišę	*motrimъ	*motrite	*motrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*motřaaxъ	*motřaaše	*motřaaše	—	*motri	*motri
Dual	*motřaaxově	*motřaašeta	*motřaašete	*motrivě	*motrita	—
Plural	*motřaaxomъ	*motřaašete	*motřaaxǫ	*motrimъ	*motrite	—

(*)*motrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

*sъmotriti／*sъmotrěti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *мотрити (*motriti)
  - Russian: мотри́ть (motrítʹ), мотре́ть (motrétʹ) (dialectal)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Church Slavonic: мотрити (motriti)
- Bulgarian: мо́тря (mótrja); мо́три́м (mótrím) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мо̀трити
  
  Latin script: mòtriti
- Slovene: mótriti (tonal orthography)

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*motriti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 327: “v. ‘look at, watch’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “motriti: motrjǫ motritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b se (PR 137)”

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65

[2] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*motriti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 327: “v. ‘look at, watch’”

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001) “motriti: motrjǫ motritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b se (PR 137)”

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motriti

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