Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pamętь
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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
From Pre-Slavic *pṓˀ-mintis, equivalent to *pa- + Proto-Balto-Slavic *mintís. Grammatically a verbal noun of an early *pamęti + *-tь, parallel to *pomьniti (“to remember”).
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *pàmę̄tь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *pàmę̄tь | *pàmę̄ti | *pàmę̄ti |
| genitive | *pàmę̄tī | *pàmę̄tьju, *pàmę̄ťu* | *pàmę̄tьjь, *pàmę̄tī* |
| dative | *pàmę̄ti | *pàmę̄tьma | *pàmę̄tьmъ |
| accusative | *pàmę̄tь | *pàmę̄ti | *pàmę̄ti |
| instrumental | *pàmę̄tьjǫ, *pàmę̄ťǭ* | *pàmę̄tьma | *pàmę̄tьmī |
| locative | *pàmę̄tī | *pàmę̄tьju, *pàmę̄ťu* | *pàmę̄tьxъ |
| vocative | *pamęti | *pàmę̄ti | *pàmę̄ti |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*pàmętь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 390
- ^ Vowel length of *ę not indicated by Derksen, but it is expected and is in fact reflected in Serbo-Croatian.