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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mětiti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Synchronically, equivalent to *mětь, *měta (“mark, note”) + *-iti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (“measure”), from *meh₁-. Akin to Latin mētior (“to measure”), Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “counsel, plan”), Sanskrit माति (māti, “measure”).
Verb
*mětiti
- to measure
- to mark, to notice
Inflection
Conjugation of *mětiti, *měti, *mětitь (?, -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 |
---|---|---|---|
*měťenьje | *mětiti | *mětitъ | *mětilъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *měťenъ | *mětimъ |
Active | *měťь | *mětę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *mětixъ | *měti | *měti | *měťǫ | *mětiši | *mětitь |
Dual | *mětixově | *mětista | *mětiste | *mětivě | *mětita | *mětite |
Plural | *mětixomъ | *mětiste | *mětišę | *mětimъ | *mětite | *mětętь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *měťaaxъ | *měťaaše | *měťaaše | — | *měti | *měti |
Dual | *měťaaxově | *měťaašeta | *měťaašete | *mětivě | *mětita | — |
Plural | *měťaaxomъ | *měťaašete | *měťaaxǫ | *mětimъ | *mětite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*mětivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *mětъka (resultant noun)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мѣтити (mětiti)
- Belarusian: ме́цiць (mjécicʹ)
- Russian: ме́тить (métitʹ)
- Ukrainian: мíтити (mítyty)
- Old East Slavic: мѣтити (mětiti)
- South Slavic
- ⇒ Bulgarian: смятам (smjatam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: приме́тити
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: primétiti
- West Slavic:
- Czech: mětit
- Polish: miecić
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ме́тить”, 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), “*mětiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 222