Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Mьstivojь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From imperative form of *mьstiti (“take vengeance, revenge, avenge”) + *vojь (“soldier”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mith₂-ti-, *uoih₁-o-.
Proper noun
*Mьstivojь m
- a male given name.
Declension
Declension of *Mьstivojь (soft o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *Mьstivojь | *Mьstivoja | *Mьstivoji |
genitive | *Mьstivoja | *Mьstivoju | *Mьstivojь |
dative | *Mьstivoju | *Mьstivojema | *Mьstivojemъ |
accusative | *Mьstivojь | *Mьstivoja | *Mьstivoję̇ |
instrumental | *Mьstivojьmь, *Mьstivojemь* | *Mьstivojema | *Mьstivoji |
locative | *Mьstivoji | *Mьstivoju | *Mьstivojixъ |
vocative | *Mьstivoju | *Mьstivoja | *Mьstivoji |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Related terms
Descendants
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьstivojь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 172