< Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic

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, 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, →ISSN, page 305: “m. jo (b) ‘sword’”
  4. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mečь (?mьčь)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sværd (PR 134)”
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.