Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modliti
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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
From metathesis *ld > *dl, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *malditei, from Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian malda (“request”), maldýti (“to pray for”).
Indo-European cognates include Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /māldi/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), German melden (“to report, tell”), Old Armenian մաղթեմ (małtʻem).
Verb
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- (transitive, intransitive) to ask, pray
Conjugation
Conjugation of *modliti, *modli, *modlitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *modľenьje | *modliti | *modlitъ | *modlilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *modľenъ | *modlimъ |
| Active | *modľь | *modlę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *modlixъ | *modli | *modli | *modľǫ | *modliši | *modlitь |
| Dual | *modlixově | *modlista | *modliste | *modlivě | *modlita | *modlite |
| Plural | *modlixomъ | *modliste | *modlišę | *modlimъ | *modlite | *modlętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *modľaaxъ | *modľaaše | *modľaaše | — | *modli | *modli |
| Dual | *modľaaxově | *modľaašeta | *modľaašete | *modlivě | *modlita | — |
| Plural | *modľaaxomъ | *modľaašete | *modľaaxǫ | *modlimъ | *modlite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*modlivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “молить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 539
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”