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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moťi

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 earlier *mogtì (through the law of open syllables), equal to *mog- + *-ti. Further, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”).

Verb

*moťì[1][2]

  1. to be able

Conjugation
Conjugation of *moťi, *može, *možetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*moženьje *moťi *moťь *moglъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *moženъ *mogomъ
Active *mogъ *mogy
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mog(ox)ъ*može*može *mogǫ*možeši*možetь
Dual *mog(ox)ově*mog(e/os)ta*mog(e/os)te *moževě*možeta*možete
Plural *mog(ox)omъ*mog(e/os)te*mogǫ, *mogošę *možemъ*možete*mogǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *možaaxъ*možaaše*možaaše —*modzi*modzi
Dual *možaaxově*možaašeta*možaašete *modzěvě*modzěta—
Plural *možaaxomъ*možaašete*možaaxǫ *modzěmъ*modzěte—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мочи (moči)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: мощи (mošti)
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⱋⰻ (mošti)
    • Bulgarian: мо́га (móga)
    • Macedonian: може (može)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мо̏ћи
      Latin script: mȍći
    • Slovene: móči (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mogtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 321: “v. (b) ‘be able’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mogti: mogǫ možetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 208, 252; PR 136; MP 19)”
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