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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motati

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

See *mestì (“to throw, to sweep”) for etymology.

Verb

*motàti impf[1]

  1. to wind

Inflection
Conjugation of *motati, *mota, *motajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-ati
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*motanьje *motati *motatъ *motalъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *motanъ *motajemъ
Active *motavъ *motaję
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *motaxъ*mota*mota *motajǫ*motaješi*motajetь
Dual *motaxově*motasta*motaste *motajevě*motajeta*motajete
Plural *motaxomъ*motaste*motašę *motajemъ*motajete*motajǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *motaaxъ*motaaše*motaaše —*motaji*motaji
Dual *motaaxově*motaašeta*motaašete *motajivě*motajita—
Plural *motaaxomъ*motaašete*motaaxǫ *motajimъ*motajite—

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мотати (motati) (17th-18th centuries)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: mòtac
    • Old Czech: motati
    • Polabian: mötojě (3rd singular)
    • Old Polish: motać
    • Slovak: motať
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: motać
      • Lower Sorbian: motaś

Further reading
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мота́ть”, 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 544
  • Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?2. *met-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 442
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 44

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*motàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 327: “v. ‘wind’”
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