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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrcati

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 *mьrkati.

Verb

*mьrcati[1]

  1. to darken

Inflection
Conjugation of *mьrcati, *mьrca, *mьrcajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mьrcanьje *mьrcati *mьrcatъ *mьrcalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mьrcanъ *mьrcajemъ
Active *mьrcavъ *mьrcaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mьrcaxъ*mьrca*mьrca *mьrcajǫ*mьrcaješi*mьrcajetь
Dual *mьrcaxově*mьrcasta*mьrcaste *mьrcajevě*mьrcajeta*mьrcajete
Plural *mьrcaxomъ*mьrcaste*mьrcašę *mьrcajemъ*mьrcajete*mьrcajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *mьrcaaxъ*mьrcaaše*mьrcaaše —*mьrcaji*mьrcaji
Dual *mьrcaaxově*mьrcaašeta*mьrcaašete *mьrcajivě*mьrcajita—
Plural *mьrcaaxomъ*mьrcaašete*mьrcaaxǫ *mьrcajimъ*mьrcajite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мьрцати (mĭrcati)
      • Belarusian: мірца́ць (mircácʹ) (dialectal)
      • Russian: мерца́ть (mercátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: мръцати (mrŭcati)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete, dialectal)
      Cyrillic script: мрцати
      Latin script: mrcati

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мерца́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьrcati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 126
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