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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moťь

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 *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis (from *megʰ-), whence also Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts, “power, might”), Old English miht). Equivalent to *moťi +‎ *-tь.

Noun

*mȍťь f[1][2]

  1. power

Declension
Declension of *mȍťь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mȍťь *mȍťi *mȍťi
genitive *moťí *moťьjù, *moťu* *moťь̀jь
dative *mȍťi *moťьmà *mȍťьmъ
accusative *mȍťь *mȍťi *mȍťi
instrumental *moťьjǫ́ *moťьmà *moťьmì
locative *moťí *moťьjù, *moťu* *mȍťьxъ
vocative *moťi *mȍťi *mȍťi
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мочь (močĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⱋⱐ (moštĭ)
      Old Cyrillic script: мощь (moštĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мо̑ћ
      Latin script: mȏć
    • Slovene: mọ̑č (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: moc
    • Old Polish: moc
      • Masurian: moc
      • Polish: moc
      • Silesian: moc
      • → Old Ruthenian: моцъ (mocʹ), моць (mocʹ)
        • Belarusian: моц (moc)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: муць (mucʹ)
        • Ukrainian: міць (micʹ); моц (moc) (obsolete)
    • Old Slovak: moc
    • Pomeranian:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏgtь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 321: “f. i (c) ‘power’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “moktь, G.pl. moktьjь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 117, SA 71; PR 138)”
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