Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moriti

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

By surface analysis, *morъ ‎ *-iti, related to *merti (“to die”).

Verb

*morìti impf^[1]

to kill (slowly or cruelly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *moriti, *mori, *moritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mořenьje	*moriti	*moritъ	*morilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mořenъ	*morimъ
Active	*mořь	*morę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*morixъ	*mori	*mori	*mořǫ	*moriši	*moritь
Dual	*morixově	*morista	*moriste	*morivě	*morita	*morite
Plural	*morixomъ	*moriste	*morišę	*morimъ	*morite	*morętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mořaaxъ	*mořaaše	*mořaaše	—	*mori	*mori
Dual	*mořaaxově	*mořaašeta	*mořaašete	*morivě	*morita	—
Plural	*mořaaxomъ	*mořaašete	*mořaaxǫ	*morimъ	*morite	—

(*)*morivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: мори́ть (morítʹ)
- Ukrainian: мори́ти (morýty)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: моря̀ (morjà)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мо̀рити
  
  Latin script: mòriti
- Slovene: morīti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mořiti
  - Czech: mořit
- Old Polish: morzyć
  - Polish: morzyć
  - Silesian: morzić (“to clean”)
- Pomeranian:
  - Slovincian: môrzëc
- Old Slovak: moriti
  - Pannonian Rusyn: мориц (moric)
  - Slovak: moriť
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: morić
  - Lower Sorbian: móriś

References

^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “moriti: morjǫ moritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c slå ihjel (PR 140)”

[1] Olander, Thomas (2001) “moriti: morjǫ moritь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c slå ihjel (PR 140)”

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