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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motriti

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 *mat(r)ī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to discern”), related to Lithuanian matýti (“to look at, watch”), matrùs (“vigilant”).

Verb

*motrìti[1][2][3]

  1. to look at, watch

Inflection
Conjugation of *motriti, *motri, *motritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*motřenьje *motriti *motritъ *motrilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *motřenъ *motrimъ
Active *motřь *motrę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *motrixъ*motri*motri *motřǫ*motriši*motritь
Dual *motrixově*motrista*motriste *motrivě*motrita*motrite
Plural *motrixomъ*motriste*motrišę *motrimъ*motrite*motrętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *motřaaxъ*motřaaše*motřaaše —*motri*motri
Dual *motřaaxově*motřaašeta*motřaašete *motrivě*motrita—
Plural *motřaaxomъ*motřaašete*motřaaxǫ *motrimъ*motrite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*motrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *мотрити (*motriti)
      • Russian: мотри́ть (motrítʹ), мотре́ть (motrétʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Bulgarian: мо́тря (mótrja); мо́три́м (mótrím) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мо̀трити
      Latin script: mòtriti
    • Slovene: mótriti (tonal orthography)

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motriti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 65
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*motriti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 327: “v. ‘look at, watch’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “motriti: motrjǫ motritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b se (PR 137)”
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