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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrdati
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Verb
*mъrdati impf (perfective *mъrdnǫti)
- (intransitive) to wag, to wiggle
Inflection
Conjugation of *mъrdati, *mъrda, *mъrdajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *mъrdanьje | *mъrdati | *mъrdatъ | *mъrdalъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *mъrdanъ | *mъrdajemъ |
| Active | *mъrdavъ | *mъrdaję |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *mъrdaxъ | *mъrda | *mъrda | *mъrdajǫ | *mъrdaješi | *mъrdajetь |
| Dual | *mъrdaxově | *mъrdasta | *mъrdaste | *mъrdajevě | *mъrdajeta | *mъrdajete |
| Plural | *mъrdaxomъ | *mъrdaste | *mъrdašę | *mъrdajemъ | *mъrdajete | *mъrdajǫtь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *mъrdaaxъ | *mъrdaaše | *mъrdaaše | — | *mъrdaji | *mъrdaji |
| Dual | *mъrdaaxově | *mъrdaašeta | *mъrdaašete | *mъrdajivě | *mъrdajita | — |
| Plural | *mъrdaaxomъ | *mъrdaašete | *mъrdaaxǫ | *mъrdajimъ | *mъrdajite | — |
Derived terms
noun
- *mъrda
Descendants
- South Slavic
- Bulgarian: мърдам (mǎrdam)
- Macedonian: мрда (mrda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мр̏дати
- Latin: mȑdati
- Slovene: mȓdati (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic
- Old Czech: mrdati
- Czech: mrdat
- Old Polish: mardać
- Polish: merdać
- Slovak: mrdať
- Old Czech: mrdati
Further reading
- Georgiev V. I., Duridanov I., editor (1995), “мърдам”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 407