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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/močiti

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 *mak-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian makõnė (“mud”), dialectal Lithuanian mokė (“big quagmire”), mokas (“thick mud”). Indo-European cognates include Old Armenian մօր (mōr, “mud, marsh”). Vasmer suggests a further cognate with Old Irish móin (“swamp, marsh”) and Trubachev additionally gives Albanian makë (“glue, liquid film”).

Verb

*močìti impf[1][2]

  1. to wet

Inflection
Conjugation of *močiti, *moči, *močitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*močenьje *močiti *močitъ *močilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *močenъ *močimъ
Active *močь *močę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *močixъ*moči*moči *močǫ*močiši*močitь
Dual *močixově*močista*močiste *močivě*močita*močite
Plural *močixomъ*močiste*močišę *močimъ*močite*močętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *močaaxъ*močaaše*močaaše —*moči*moči
Dual *močaaxově*močaašeta*močaašete *močivě*močita—
Plural *močaaxomъ*močaašete*močaaxǫ *močimъ*močite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*močivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
  • *moča, *močь (“wetness, puddle, urine”)
  • *mokrъ (“wet, damp”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мочити (močiti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: močiti
    • Polabian: mücĕ (3sg.)
    • Old Polish: moczyć
    • Slovak: močiť
    • Slovincian: mʉ̀ɵ̯čĭc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: močić
      • Lower Sorbian: mócyś

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мочи́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, et al., editors (1974–2021), “*močiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*močìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 320: “v. (b) ‘wet’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “močiti: močjǫ močitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b fugte (SA 260; PR 137)”
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