Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motati

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

See *mestì (“to throw, to sweep”) for etymology.

Verb

*motàti impf

1. to wind

Inflection

Conjugation of *motati, *mota, *motajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*motanьje	*motati	*motatъ	*motalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*motanъ	*motajemъ
Active	*motavъ	*motaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*motaxъ	*mota	*mota	*motajǫ	*motaješi	*motajetь
Dual	*motaxově	*motasta	*motaste	*motajevě	*motajeta	*motajete
Plural	*motaxomъ	*motaste	*motašę	*motajemъ	*motajete	*motajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*motaaxъ	*motaaše	*motaaše	—	*motaji	*motaji
Dual	*motaaxově	*motaašeta	*motaašete	*motajivě	*motajita	—
Plural	*motaaxomъ	*motaašete	*motaaxǫ	*motajimъ	*motajite	—

Related terms

• *mestì (“to throw, to sweep”)
• *metàti (“to throw”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мотати (motati) (17th-18th centuries)
    • Belarusian: мата́ць (matácʹ)
    • Russian: мота́ть (motátʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мота́ти (motáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: мота́я (motája)
  • Macedonian: мота (mota)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̀тати

    Latin script: mòtati

    • Chakavian : motȁti
    • Chakavian : motȁt
  • Slovene: mọ̄tati, motáti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: motati
    • Czech: motat
      • Bohemian : motát
  • Polabian: mötojě (3rd singular)
  • Old Polish: motać
    • Polish: motać
  • Slovak: motať
  • Slovincian: motac (Sychta's dictionary)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: motać
    • Lower Sorbian: motaś

Further reading

• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мота́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 544
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “?2. *met-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 442
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*motati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 44