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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/męčь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Resultant noun from *męčati (“to squash, to knead”) + *-jь.
Noun
*męčь m[1]
- ball, blob, bun
Declension
Declension of *mę̃čь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *mę̃čь | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čì |
Accusative | *mę̃čь | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čę̇̀ |
Genitive | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čù | *mę̃čь |
Locative | *mę̄čì | *mę̄čù | *mę̃čixъ |
Dative | *mę̄čù | *mę̄čèma | *mę̃čemъ |
Instrumental | *mę̄čь̀mь, *mę̄čèmь* | *mę̄čèma | *mę̃či |
Vocative | *męču | *mę̄čà | *mę̄čì |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *męčę, *męčikъ (diminutive)
- *męčьkъ (“squishy, mushy”)
- *męčьnъ (“squashed”)
Related terms
- *męča (“mush”)
- *mękotь (“soft part of a structure, flesh, pulp”)
- *mękyšь (“soft bread/cake”)
- *mękъkъ (“soft, smushy”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: мяч (mjač)
- Russian: мяч (mjač)
- Ukrainian: м'яч (mʺjač)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: меч (meč), ме́чка (méčka, “soft bun or loaf of bread”) (dialectal)
- Slovene: mẹ̑č (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mieč
- Czech: míč
- Bohemian (Chod dialect): mlíć
- Czech: míč
- Polabian: mąc
- Slovincian: mňi̯ač
- Old Czech: mieč
- Non-Slavic:
- → Romanian: minge
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мяч”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*męčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 18 (*matoga – *mękišьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “męčь męča”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 126f.; RPT 102)”