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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měriti

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 *mě̀ra (“measure”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*mě̀riti impf[1][2]

  1. to measure

Inflection
Conjugation of *měriti, *měri, *měritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*měřenьje *měriti *měritъ *měrilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *měřenъ *měrimъ
Active *měřь *měrę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *měrixъ*měri*měri *měřǫ*měriši*měritь
Dual *měrixově*měrista*měriste *měrivě*měrita*měrite
Plural *měrixomъ*měriste*měrišę *měrimъ*měrite*měrętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *měřaaxъ*měřaaše*měřaaše —*měri*měri
Dual *měřaaxově*měřaašeta*měřaašete *měrivě*měrita—
Plural *měřaaxomъ*měřaašete*měřaaxǫ *měrimъ*měrite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*měrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мѣрити (měriti)
      • Belarusian: ме́раць (mjéracʹ)
      • Russian: ме́рить (méritʹ)
      • Ukrainian: мі́рити (míryty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: měřiti
    • Polabian: merĕ
    • Old Polish: mierzyć
    • Slovak: mieriť
    • Slovincian: mjêrzëc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: měrić
      • Lower Sorbian: měriś
  • Non-Slavic:
  • → Lithuanian: miẽryti
  • → Latvian: mẽrît
  • → Old Prussian: ermīrit, pomīrit

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́рить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ме́ра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 524
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 183

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mě̀riti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 312: “v. (a) ‘measure’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “měriti”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (MP 26)”
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