мочъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• мочь (močʹ) — archaic spelling

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old East Slavic мочь (močĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mȍťь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *magtis, from Proto-Indo-European *mogʰtis, from *megʰ-.

Cognate with Russian мочь (močʹ). Doublet of моцъ (mocʹ), borrowed from Old Polish and мощъ (mošč), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic.

Noun

мочъ • (moč) f inan (related adjective мочный)

1. might, power, strength
2. authority
3. armed forces

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *megʰ- (0 c, 4 e)

Descendants

• Ukrainian: міч (mič), моч (moč) (obsolete)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*мочь”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 617
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мочъ, мочь II”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 193

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old East Slavic *мочь (*močĭ), from Proto-Slavic *močь, from *mok-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mak-, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ek-.

Noun

мочъ • (moč) m inan

1. urine

   Synonyms: моча (moča), сечъ (seč)

Related terms

Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mh₂ek- (0 c, 1 e)

Descendants

• Carpathian Rusyn: моч (moč)
• Ukrainian: міч (mič), моч (moč) (dialectal, obsolete)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1999), “мочъ, мочь I”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 18 (местце – надзовати), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 193