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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mazati

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

Unclear.

  • Derksen proposes two possibilities:
    1. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mōˀź-, cognate with Lithuanian mė́žti (“to muck out”), Latvian mêzt (“to muck out, to sweep”), mõzêt (“to gobble, to pound, to fool, to harass, to beat”).
    2. Cognate with Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”) (aorist passive μαγῆναι (magênai)), Old Armenian մածանիմ (macanim, “to thicken, to stick together”), English make, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ-.
  • Vasmer and Chernykh believe that both of the previous possibilities reflect the same PIE root, which underlies this term.

Verb

*màzati impf[1][2]

  1. to smear
  2. to anoint, to oil

Inflection
Conjugation of *mazati, *maza, *mažetь (impf., -a/j-, s-aorist, accent paradigm a)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mazanьje *mazati *mazatъ *mazalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mazanъ *mažemъ
Active *mazavъ *mažę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mazaxъ*maza*maza *mažǫ*mažeši*mažetь
Dual *mazaxově*mazasta*mazaste *maževě*mažeta*mažete
Plural *mazaxomъ*mazaste*mazašę *mažemъ*mažete*mažǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *mazaaxъ*mazaaše*mazaaše —*maži*maži
Dual *mazaaxově*mazaašeta*mazaašete *maživě*mažita—
Plural *mazaaxomъ*mazaašete*mazaaxǫ *mažimъ*mažite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мазати (mazati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Romanian: mazac (regional)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ма́зать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “ма́зать”, 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 502
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mazati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 23

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*màzati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 304: “v. (a) ‘smear, anoint’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mazati: mazjǫ mazjetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a smøre (SA 209; PR 133; MP 23, 27)”
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