Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/merti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *mertéi, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.

Verb

*mertì impf^[1]^[2]^[3]

to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of *merti, *mer(tъ), *mьretь (impf., -C-, t-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьrtьje	*merti	*mertъ	*mьrlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьrtъ	*mьromъ
Active	*mьrъ	*mьry

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*merxъ	*mer(tъ)	*mer(tъ)	*mьrǫ	*mьreši	*mьretь
Dual	*merxově	*mersta	*merste	*mьrevě	*mьreta	*mьrete
Plural	*merxomъ	*merste	*meršę	*mьremъ	*mьrete	*mьrǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьrěaxъ	*mьrěaše	*mьrěaše	—	*mьri	*mьri
Dual	*mьrěaxově	*mьrěašeta	*mьrěašete	*mьrěvě	*mьrěta	—
Plural	*mьrěaxomъ	*mьrěašete	*mьrěaxǫ	*mьrěmъ	*mьrěte	—

(*)*mьrenъ is doublet of past passive participle

Derived terms

Related terms

*morъ (“plague”)
*mьrtvъ (“dead”)
*sъmьrtь (“death”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мерети (mereti)
  - Belarusian: ме́рці (mjérci)
  - Russian: мере́ть (merétʹ)
  - Ukrainian: мере́ти (meréty), ме́рти (mérty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мрѣти (mrěti)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: мра (mra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Cyrillic script: мрије̑ти
  - Latin script: mrijȇti
- Slovene: mrẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mřieti
  - Czech: mřít (archaic)
- Polabian: marĕt
- Polish: mrzeć
- Slovak: mrieť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: mrěś
  - Upper Sorbian: mrěć

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*merti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “v. ‘die’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “merti: mьrǫ mьretь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c dø (SA 203, 212f., 233, 235; PR 139)”
^ Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “Another [inherited case with phonologically regular mobility] is *mь̏r(j)ǫ, *mьr(j)etь̍ ‘die’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*merti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308: “v. ‘die’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “merti: mьrǫ mьretь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c dø (SA 203, 212f., 233, 235; PR 139)”

[3] Jasanoff, Jay (2017) The Prehistory of the Balto-Slavic Accent (Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics; 17), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197: “Another [inherited case with phonologically regular mobility] is *mь̏r(j)ǫ, *mьr(j)etь̍ ‘die’”

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