мьнѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьněti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Verb

мьнѣти • (mĭněti) impf

(ambitransitive) to think, to assume, to believe
- (Can we date this quote?), Homily against the Bogumils, 1218-1222:
  такъ бо ѥстъ обꙑчаи диꙗволоу и ослѣплꙗѥтъ очи и оумалꙗѥтъ грѣхъ да творѧщеи зълаꙗ мьнѧтъ сѧ не творѧщеи зъла ничесоже
  takŭ bo jestŭ obyčai dijavolu i oslěpljajetŭ oči i umaljajetŭ grěxŭ da tvoręštei zŭlaja mĭnętŭ sę ne tvoręštei zŭla ničesože
  Such is the habit of the devil; he blinds the eyes and shrinks sin, so that those who do evil think they are doing nothing wrong.
(transitive) to consider [with accusative ‘somebody/something’ and accusative ‘to be somebody/something’]
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 241, line 10:
  и а҅ште сиротѫ мь҆ниши то и того о҅тъпаде·
  i hašte sirotǫ mĭniši to i togo hotŭpade·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(reflexive with сѧ, impersonal) it seems [with dative]
- 11th century, Codex Zographensis (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Matthew 26:53:
  ⰾⰻ ⰿⸯⱀⰻⱅⱏ ⱅⰻ ⱄⱔ· ⱑⰽⱁ ⱀⰵ ⰿⱁⰳⱘ ⱀⱏⰹⱀ҄ⱑ· ⱁⱆⰿⱁⰾⰻⱅⰻ ⱁ҃ⱌⰰ ⰿⱁⰵⰳⱁ·
  [ли мⸯнитъ ти сѧ· ѣко не могѫ нꙑн҄ѣ· оумолити о҃ца моего·]
  li mⸯnitŭ ti sę· jěko ne mogǫ nynʹjě· umoliti o:ca mojego·
  Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of мьнѣти (class II2, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
мьнѣти mĭněti	мьнѣтъ mĭnětŭ	мьнѣниѥ mĭněnije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		мьнѧ mĭnę	мьнѣвъ mĭněvŭ
passive		мьнимъ mĭnimŭ	мьнѣнъ mĭněnŭ

singular		мьнѣлъ mĭnělŭ	мьнѣло mĭnělo	мьнѣла mĭněla
dual		мьнѣла mĭněla	мьнѣлѣ mĭnělě	мьнѣлѣ mĭnělě
plural		мьнѣли mĭněli	мьнѣла mĭněla	мьнѣлꙑ mĭněly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	мьн҄ѭ mĭnʹjǫ	мьнѣахъ mĭněaxŭ	—
	2nd	мьниши mĭniši	мьнѣаше mĭněaše	мьни mĭni
	3rd	мьнитъ mĭnitŭ	мьнѣаше mĭněaše	мьни mĭni
dual	1st	мьнивѣ mĭnivě	мьнѣаховѣ mĭněaxově	мьнивѣ mĭnivě
	2nd	мьнита mĭnita	мьнѣашета mĭněašeta	мьнита mĭnita
	3rd	мьните, мьнита mĭnite, mĭnita	мьнѣашете, мьнѣашета mĭněašete, mĭněašeta	—
plural	1st	мьнимъ mĭnimŭ	мьнѣахомъ mĭněaxomŭ	мьнимъ mĭnimŭ
	2nd	мьните mĭnite	мьнѣашете mĭněašete	мьните mĭnite
	3rd	мьнѧтъ mĭnętŭ	мьнѣахѫ mĭněaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	мьнѣхъ mĭněxŭ
	2nd	мьнѣ mĭně
	3rd	мьнѣ mĭně
dual	1st	мьнѣховѣ mĭněxově
	2nd	мьнѣста mĭněsta
	3rd	мьнѣсте, мьнѣста mĭněste, mĭněsta
plural	1st	мьнѣхомъ mĭněxomŭ
	2nd	мьнѣсте mĭněste
	3rd	мьнѣшѧ mĭněšę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of мьнѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ мьнѣти
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of мьнѣти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also

Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Derived terms

помьнѣти impf or pf (pomĭněti)

Related terms

мѣнити impf (měniti)