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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mětiti
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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, *mětь, *měta (“mark, note”) + *-iti, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (“measure”), from *meh₁-. Akin to Latin mētior (“to measure”), Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “counsel, plan”), Sanskrit माति (māti, “measure”).
Inflection
Conjugation of *mětiti, *měti, *mětitь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *měťenьje | *mětiti | *mětitъ | *mětilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *měťenъ | *mětimъ |
| Active | *měťь | *mětę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *mětixъ | *měti | *měti | *měťǫ | *mětiši | *mětitь |
| Dual | *mětixově | *mětista | *mětiste | *mětivě | *mětita | *mětite |
| Plural | *mětixomъ | *mětiste | *mětišę | *mětimъ | *mětite | *mětętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *měťaaxъ | *měťaaše | *měťaaše | — | *měti | *měti |
| Dual | *měťaaxově | *měťaašeta | *měťaašete | *mětivě | *mětita | — |
| Plural | *měťaaxomъ | *měťaašete | *měťaaxǫ | *mětimъ | *mětite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*mětivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
- *mětъka (resultant noun)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic
- ⇒ Bulgarian: смятам (smjatam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: приме́тити, примије́тити
- ⇒ Serbo-Croatian: primétiti, primijétiti
- West Slavic:
- Czech: mětit
- Polish: miecić
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ме́тить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mětiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 222
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