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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.
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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”).[1]
Verb
*moťì[1][2]
- to be able
Conjugation
Conjugation of *moťi, *može, *možetь (?, -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *moženьje
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*moťi
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*moťь
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*moglъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*moženъ
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*mogomъ
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| Active
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*mogъ
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*mogy
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*mog(ox)ъ |
*može |
*može
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*mogǫ |
*možeši |
*možetь
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| Dual
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*mog(ox)ově |
*mog(e/os)ta |
*mog(e/os)te
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*moževě |
*možeta |
*možete
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| Plural
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*mog(ox)omъ |
*mog(e/os)te |
*mogǫ, *mogošę
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*možemъ |
*možete |
*mogǫtь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*možaaxъ |
*možaaše |
*možaaše
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*modzi |
*modzi
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| Dual
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*možaaxově |
*možaašeta |
*možaašete
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*modzěvě |
*modzěta |
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| Plural
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*možaaxomъ |
*možaašete |
*možaaxǫ
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*modzěmъ |
*modzěte |
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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:
- Old Czech: moci
- Old Polish: móc
- Pannonian Rusyn: мочи (moči)
- Slovak: môcť
- Pomeranian:
- Kashubian: mòc
- Slovincian: môc
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: móc
- Lower Sorbian: móc
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mogtì”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 321: “v. (b) ‘be able’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mogti: mogǫ možetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b (SA 208, 252; PR 136; MP 19)”