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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/měžiti

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

Iterative/causative o-grade form of Proto-Slavic *migàti, *mьžiti + *-iti. Reflects Proto-Balto-Slavic *máigīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃meygʰ-. Akin to Lithuanian miegóti (“to sleep”), Old Prussian meicte (“to sleep”).

Verb

*měžiti

  1. to move (around), set into motion?
  2. to close one's eyes

Inflection
Conjugation of *měžiti, *měži, *měžitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*měženьje *měžiti *měžitъ *měžilъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *měženъ *měžimъ
Active *měžь *měžę
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *měžixъ*měži*měži *měžǫ*měžiši*měžitь
Dual *měžixově*měžista*měžiste *měživě*měžita*měžite
Plural *měžixomъ*měžiste*měžišę *měžimъ*měžite*měžętь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *měžaaxъ*měžaaše*měžaaše —*měži*měži
Dual *měžaaxově*měžaašeta*měžaašete *měživě*měžita—
Plural *měžaaxomъ*měžaašete*měžaaxǫ *měžimъ*měžite—
    Notes:
  • (*)*měživъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
  • *migъ (“blink”)
    • *migàti (“to blink, to wink”)
    • *mižiti (“to keep one's eyes closed”)
  • *mьga (“mist, haze”)
    • *mьžiti (“to doze; to drizzle”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old East Slavic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
      • ⇒ Russian: смежи́ть (smežítʹ)
      • ⇒ Russian: смежа́ть (smežátʹ)
    • Russian: межи́ть (mežítʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • ⇒ Old Church Slavonic: съмѣжити (sŭměžiti)
    • Slovene: mẹ́žiti (“to shut, to trample”)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “межить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*měžiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 232
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