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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat(r)ī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to discern”), related to Lithuanian matýti (“to look at, watch”), matrùs (“vigilant”).
Verb
*motrìti[1][2][3]
- to look at, watch
Inflection
Conjugation of *motriti, *motri, *motritь (?, -i-, s-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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| *motřenьje
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*motriti
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*motritъ
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*motrilъ
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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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*motřenъ
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*motrimъ
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| Active
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*motřь
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*motrę
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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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*motrixъ |
*motri |
*motri
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*motřǫ |
*motriši |
*motritь
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| Dual
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*motrixově |
*motrista |
*motriste
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*motrivě |
*motrita |
*motrite
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| Plural
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*motrixomъ |
*motriste |
*motrišę
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*motrimъ |
*motrite |
*motrętь
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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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*motřaaxъ |
*motřaaše |
*motřaaše
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*motri |
*motri
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| Dual
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*motřaaxově |
*motřaašeta |
*motřaašete
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*motrivě |
*motrita |
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| Plural
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*motřaaxomъ |
*motřaašete |
*motřaaxǫ
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*motrimъ |
*motrite |
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Notes: - (*)*motrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: *мотрити (*motriti)
- Russian: мотри́ть (motrítʹ), мотре́ть (motrétʹ) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: мо́тря (mótrja); мо́три́м (mótrím) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: мо̀трити
- Latin script: mòtriti
- Slovene: mótriti (tonal orthography)
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*motriti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327: “v. ‘look at, watch’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “motriti: motrjǫ motritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b se (PR 137)”