Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьčь

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

Noun

*mь̀čь m[1][2][3][4]

  1. alternative form of *mèčь (sword)

Declension

Declension of *mь̀čь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *mь̀čь *mьčà *mьčì
genitive *mьčà *mьčù *mь̀čь
dative *mьčù *mьčèma *mь̀čemъ
accusative *mь̀čь *mьčà *mьčę̇̀
instrumental *mьčь̀mь, *mьčèmь* *mьčèma *mь̀či
locative *mьčì *mьčù *mь̀čixъ
vocative *mьču *mьčà *mьčì

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мь́чь (mĭ́čĭ) (in The Tale of Igor's Campaign)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: мьчь (mĭčĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ма̏ч
      Latin script: mȁč

References

  1. ^ Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “mečь/mьčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 38
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mèčь; *mь̀čь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305:m. jo (b) ‘sword’
  4. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mečь (?mьčь)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b sværd (PR 134)