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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modliti

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 metathesis *-ld- > *-dl-, inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ-éye-ti, from *meldʰ- (“to ask, pray, beg”).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian malda (“request”), maldýti (“to pray for”).

Indo-European cognates include Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /⁠māldi⁠/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), German melden (“to report, tell”), Old Armenian մաղթեմ (małtʿem).

Verb

modlìti impf[1]

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to ask, pray

Conjugation
Conjugation of *modliti, *modli, *modlitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*modľenьje *modliti *modlitъ *modlilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *modľenъ *modlimъ
Active *modľь *modlę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *modlixъ*modli*modli *modľǫ*modliši*modlitь
Dual *modlixově*modlista*modliste *modlivě*modlita*modlite
Plural *modlixomъ*modliste*modlišę *modlimъ*modlite*modlętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *modľaaxъ*modľaaše*modľaaše —*modli*modli
Dual *modľaaxově*modľaašeta*modľaašete *modlivě*modlita—
Plural *modľaaxomъ*modľaašete*modľaaxǫ *modlimъ*modlite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*modlivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: молити (moliti)
    • Old Novgorodian: моглити (mogliti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “молить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “молить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1 (а – пантомима), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 539

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”
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