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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/merti

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 *mertéi, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Verb

*mertì impf[1][2][3]

  1. to die

Conjugation
Conjugation of *merti, *mer(tъ), *mьretь (impf., -C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mьrtьje *merti *mertъ *mьrlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mьrtъ *mьromъ
Active *mьrъ *mьry
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *merxъ*mer(tъ)*mer(tъ) *mьrǫ*mьreši*mьretь
Dual *merxově*mersta*merste *mьrevě*mьreta*mьrete
Plural *merxomъ*merste*meršę *mьremъ*mьrete*mьrǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *mьrěaxъ*mьrěaše*mьrěaše —*mьri*mьri
Dual *mьrěaxově*mьrěašeta*mьrěašete *mьrěvě*mьrěta—
Plural *mьrěaxomъ*mьrěašete*mьrěaxǫ *mьrěmъ*mьrěte—
    Notes:
  • (*)*mьrenъ is doublet of past passive participle

Derived terms
  • *umerti
  • *umirati
  • *umoriti
  • *zamerti
  • *zamirati
  • *zamoriti

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мерети (mereti)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mřieti
    • Polabian: marĕt
    • Polish: mrzeć
    • Slovak: mrieť
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: mrěś
      • Upper Sorbian: mrěć

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мере́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*mer-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 439–440
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*merti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 101

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*merti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 308: “v. ‘die’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “merti: mьrǫ mьretь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c dø (SA 203, 212f., 233, 235; PR 139)”
  3. Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “Another [inherited case with phonologically regular mobility] is *mь̏r(j)ǫ, *mьr(j)etь̍ ‘die’”
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