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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
*pàmę̄tь f[1][2]
- memory
Inflection
Declension of
*pàmę̄tь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
* 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:
- Old East Slavic: памѧть (pamętĭ)
- 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, page 390
- ^ Vowel length of *ę not indicated by Derksen, but it is expected and is in fact reflected in Serbo-Croatian.