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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morčiti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *morkъ + *-iti.
Verb
*morčiti
- to darken
Inflection
Conjugation of *morčiti, *morči, *morčitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *morčenьje | *morčiti | *morčitъ | *morčilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *morčenъ | *morčimъ |
| Active | *morčь | *morčę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *morčixъ | *morči | *morči | *morčǫ | *morčiši | *morčitь |
| Dual | *morčixově | *morčista | *morčiste | *morčivě | *morčita | *morčite |
| Plural | *morčixomъ | *morčiste | *morčišę | *morčimъ | *morčite | *morčętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *morčaaxъ | *morčaaše | *morčaaše | — | *morči | *morči |
| Dual | *morčaaxově | *morčaašeta | *morčaašete | *morčivě | *morčita | — |
| Plural | *morčaaxomъ | *morčaašete | *morčaaxǫ | *morčimъ | *morčite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*morčivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: морочити (moročiti)
- Belarusian: маро́чыць (maróčycʹ)
- (Turov): моро́чыць (moróčycʹ)
- Russian: моро́чить (moróčitʹ)
- Ukrainian: моро́чити (moróčyty)
- Belarusian: маро́чыць (maróčycʹ)
- Old East Slavic: морочити (moročiti)
- South Slavic
- Bulgarian: мрача́ (mračá)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мра́чити
- Latin: mráčiti
- Chakavian (Vrgada): mrᵒāčȉti
- Chakavian (Grobnik): mrāčȉt
- Kajkavian (Bednja): mrāōčȉti
- Kajkavian (Varaždin): mrạ̃čiti
- Slovene: mračíti (tonal orthography)
- (Črni vrh, Idrija): mrḁ̏čť
- West Slavic
- Old Czech: mračiti
- Czech: mračit
- Old Polish: mroczyć
- Polish: mroczyć
- Slovak: mračiť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: mróčić
- Lower Sorbian: mrocyś
- Old Czech: mračiti
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “моро́чить”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress