Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/marati

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *morati

Etymology

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Cognate with Ancient Greek μορύσσω (morússō, “to soil”) and Albanian përmjerr (“to urinate”).

Verb

*marati

1. to stain, to sully, to smear

Inflection

Conjugation of *marati, *mara, *marajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*maranьje	*marati	*maratъ	*maralъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*maranъ	*marajemъ
Active	*maravъ	*maraję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*maraxъ	*mara	*mara	*marajǫ	*maraješi	*marajetь
Dual	*maraxově	*marasta	*maraste	*marajevě	*marajeta	*marajete
Plural	*maraxomъ	*maraste	*marašę	*marajemъ	*marajete	*marajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*maraaxъ	*maraaše	*maraaše	—	*maraji	*maraji
Dual	*maraaxově	*maraašeta	*maraašete	*marajivě	*marajita	—
Plural	*maraaxomъ	*maraašete	*maraaxǫ	*marajimъ	*marajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: мара́ць (marácʹ) (dialectal)
  • Russian: мара́ть (marátʹ)
  • Ukrainian: мара́ти (maráty) (obsolete?)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒ Slovene: zamárati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: čmárat
  • Polish: marać (obsolete?)
  • Slovak: čmárať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: marać, mórać
    • Lower Sorbian: maraś, moraś

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “marati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 207
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мара́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress