Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mysliti

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 *myslь +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*mỳsliti impf[1]

to think
Synonym: *myslěti

Conjugation

Conjugation of *mysliti, *mysli, *myslitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mysľenьje	*mysliti	*myslitъ	*myslilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mysľenъ	*myslimъ
Active	*mysľь	*myslę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*myslixъ	*mysli	*mysli	*mysľǫ	*mysliši	*myslitь
Dual	*myslixově	*myslista	*mysliste	*myslivě	*myslita	*myslite
Plural	*myslixomъ	*mysliste	*myslišę	*myslimъ	*myslite	*myslętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mysľaaxъ	*mysľaaše	*mysľaaše	—	*mysli	*mysli
Dual	*mysľaaxově	*mysľaašeta	*mysľaašete	*myslivě	*myslita	—
Plural	*mysľaaxomъ	*mysľaašete	*mysľaaxǫ	*myslimъ	*myslite	—

(*)*myslivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

*myslěti

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: мы́слить (mýslitʹ)
- Ukrainian: ми́слити (mýslyty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: мꙑслити (mysliti)
- Bulgarian: мисля (mislja)
- Serbo-Croatian: mȉsliti, ми̏слити
- Slovene: mísliti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: myslit
- Kashubian: mëslëc
- Old Polish: myślić
  - Polish: myśleć, myślić
- Slovak: myslieť

References

Olander, Thomas (2001), “mysliti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a denken (MP 26f.)”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001), “mysliti”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a denken (MP 26f.)”