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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
See *mestì (“to throw, to sweep”) for etymology.
Verb
*motàti impf[1]
- to wind
Inflection
Conjugation of *motati, *mota, *motajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *motanьje | *motati | *motatъ | *motalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *motanъ | *motajemъ |
| Active | *motavъ | *motaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *motaxъ | *mota | *mota | *motajǫ | *motaješi | *motajetь |
| Dual | *motaxově | *motasta | *motaste | *motajevě | *motajeta | *motajete |
| Plural | *motaxomъ | *motaste | *motašę | *motajemъ | *motajete | *motajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *motaaxъ | *motaaše | *motaaše | — | *motaji | *motaji |
| Dual | *motaaxově | *motaašeta | *motaašete | *motajivě | *motajita | — |
| Plural | *motaaxomъ | *motaašete | *motaaxǫ | *motajimъ | *motajite | — |
Related terms
- *mestì (“to throw, to sweep”)
- *metàti (“to throw”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мотати (motati) (17th-18th centuries)
- Belarusian: мата́ць (matácʹ)
- Russian: мота́ть (motátʹ)
- Ukrainian: мота́ти (motáty)
- Old East Slavic: мотати (motati) (17th-18th centuries)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: мота́я (motája)
- Macedonian: мота (mota)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мо̀тати
- Latin: mòtati
- Chakavian (Vrgada): motȁti
- Chakavian (Orbanići): motȁt
- Slovene: mọ̄tati, motáti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: motati
- Czech: motat
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): motát
- Czech: motat
- Polabian: mötojě (3rd singular)
- Old Polish: motać
- Polish: motać
- Slovak: motať
- Slovincian: motac (Sychta's dictionary)
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: motać
- Lower Sorbian: motaś
- Old Czech: motati
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. (1993), “мота́ть”, 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 544
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?2. *met-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 442
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 44
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*motàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327: “v. ‘wind’”