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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měžiti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Iterative/causative o-grade form of Proto-Slavic *migàti, *mьžiti + *-iti. Reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *máigīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-. Akin to Lithuanian miegóti (“to sleep”), Old Prussian meicte (“to sleep”).
Verb
*měžiti
- to move (around), set into motion?
- to close one's eyes
Inflection
Conjugation of *měžiti, *měži, *měžitь (?, -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 |
---|---|---|---|
*měženьje | *měžiti | *měžitъ | *měžilъ |
Participles | ||
---|---|---|
Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *měženъ | *měžimъ |
Active | *měžь | *měžę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *měžixъ | *měži | *měži | *měžǫ | *měžiši | *měžitь |
Dual | *měžixově | *měžista | *měžiste | *měživě | *měžita | *měžite |
Plural | *měžixomъ | *měžiste | *měžišę | *měžimъ | *měžite | *měžętь |
Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
Singular | *měžaaxъ | *měžaaše | *měžaaše | — | *měži | *měži |
Dual | *měžaaxově | *měžaašeta | *měžaašete | *měživě | *měžita | — |
Plural | *měžaaxomъ | *měžaašete | *měžaaxǫ | *měžimъ | *měžite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*měživъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
- *migъ (“blink”)
- *migàti (“to blink, to wink”)
- *mižiti (“to keep one's eyes closed”)
- *mьga (“mist, haze”)
- *mьžiti (“to doze; to drizzle”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Old East Slavic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
- ⇒ Russian: смежи́ть (smežítʹ)
- ⇒ Russian: смежа́ть (smežátʹ)
- Russian: межи́ть (mežítʹ)
- ⇒ Old East Slavic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
- South Slavic:
- ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
- Slovene: mẹ́žiti (“to shut, to trample”)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “межить”, 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), “*měžiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 232