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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motriti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē- (“endeavour, will, temper”), see also Latin mōs (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian сметь (smetʹ, “to dare, venture, make bold”).[1] Baltic cognates include Lithuanian matýti (“to look at, watch”).
Verb
*motrìti[2][3]
- to look at, watch
Inflection
Conjugation of *motriti, *motri, *motritь (?, -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| *motřenьje | *motriti | *motritъ | *motrilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *motřenъ | *motrimъ |
| Active | *motřь | *motrę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *motrixъ | *motri | *motri | *motřǫ | *motriši | *motritь |
| Dual | *motrixově | *motrista | *motriste | *motrivě | *motrita | *motrite |
| Plural | *motrixomъ | *motriste | *motrišę | *motrimъ | *motrite | *motrętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *motřaaxъ | *motřaaše | *motřaaše | — | *motri | *motri |
| Dual | *motřaaxově | *motřaašeta | *motřaašete | *motrivě | *motrita | — |
| Plural | *motřaaxomъ | *motřaašete | *motřaaxǫ | *motrimъ | *motrite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*motrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: смотреть (smotretʹ)
- Ukrainian: смотріти (smotrity) (Lemkos)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: мотрити (motriti)
- Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: сматрям (smatrjam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мо̀трити
- Latin: mòtriti
- Slovene: motrīti (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 704-705
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*motriti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327: “v. ‘look at, watch’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “motriti: motrjǫ motritь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b se (PR 137)”