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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moťi
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *mogtì (through the law of open syllables), equal to *mog- + *-ti. Further, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”).
Verb
*moťì[1][2]
- to be able
Conjugation
Conjugation of *moťi, *može, *možetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *moženьje | *moťi | *moťь | *moglъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *moženъ | *mogomъ |
| Active | *mogъ | *mogy |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *mog(ox)ъ | *može | *može | *mogǫ | *možeši | *možetь |
| Dual | *mog(ox)ově | *mog(e/os)ta | *mog(e/os)te | *moževě | *možeta | *možete |
| Plural | *mog(ox)omъ | *mog(e/os)te | *mogǫ, *mogošę | *možemъ | *možete | *mogǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *možaaxъ | *možaaše | *možaaše | — | *modzi | *modzi |
| Dual | *možaaxově | *možaašeta | *možaašete | *modzěvě | *modzěta | — |
| Plural | *možaaxomъ | *možaašete | *možaaxǫ | *modzěmъ | *modzěte | — |
- Notes:
- Aorist *mogeste ⇒ *možeste, ...
Related terms
- *moťь
- *mogy
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мочи (moči)
- Belarusian: магчы́ (mahčý)
- Russian: мочь (močʹ)
- Ukrainian: могти́ (mohtý), мочи́ (močý)
- Old East Slavic: мочи (moči)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: мощи (mošti)
- Glagolitic: ⰿⱁⱋⰻ (mošti)
- Bulgarian: мо́га (móga)
- Macedonian: може (može)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мо̏ћи
- Latin: mȍći
- Chakavian (Vrgada): mȍći
- Chakavian (Orbanići): mȍć
- Slovene: móči (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: moci
- Czech: moci, moct
- Kashubian: mòc, mòdz, mòcy (dated)
- Polish: móc
- Slovak: môcť
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: móc
- Lower Sorbian: móc
- Old Czech: moci
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mogtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321: “v. (b) ‘be able’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “mogti: mogǫ možetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 208, 252; PR 136; MP 19)”