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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьněti

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 *minḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *mn-eh₁- (present stem *mn-eye-), from the root *men- (“to think, mind”).

Verb

*mьně̀ti impf[1][2]

  1. to think

Conjugation
Conjugation of *mьněti, *mьně, *mьnitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Suffix: *-ěti
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*mьněnьje *mьněti *mьnětъ *mьnělъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *mьněnъ *mьnimъ
Active *mьněvъ *mьnę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *mьněxъ*mьně*mьně *mьňǫ*mьniši*mьnitь
Dual *mьněxově*mьněsta*mьněste *mьnivě*mьnita*mьnite
Plural *mьněxomъ*mьněste*mьněšę *mьnimъ*mьnite*mьnętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *mьněaxъ*mьněaše*mьněaše —*mьni*mьni
Dual *mьněaxově*mьněašeta*mьněašete *mьnivě*mьnita—
Plural *mьněaxomъ*mьněašete*mьněaxǫ *mьnimъ*mьnite—

Alternative forms
  • *mьniti

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мьнѣти (mĭněti), мьнити (mĭniti)
      • Belarusian: мнець (mnjecʹ), мныць (mnycʹ) (obsolete)
      • Russian: мнить (mnitʹ)
      • Ukrainian: мни́ти (mnýty) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: мьнѣти (mĭněti)
    • Bulgarian: мня (mnja) (obsolete; now found only in prefixed verbs)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мнјети (archaic), мни̏ти
      Latin script: mnjeti, mnȉti
    • Slovene: mnẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: mnieti
      • Czech: mněti (obsolete), mnít (literary, archaic)
    • Old Polish: mnieć
    • Slovak: mnieť (obsolete)

Further reading
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мнить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 536
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мнить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьněti (sę)/*mьniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, pages 113-115

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mьněti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 340: “v. ‘think’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “mnénje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mьně̋ti”
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