Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъnogъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *managas, from Proto-Indo-European *monogʰos. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *managaz.
Adjective
*mъnogъ (comparative *vęťьjь)[1][2][3]
Declension
Indefinite declension of *mъnogъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *mъnogъ | *mъnoga | *mъnogo |
genitive | *mъnoga | *mъnogy | *mъnoga |
dative | *mъnogu | *mъnodzě | *mъnogu |
accusative | *mъnogъ | *mъnogǫ | *mъnogo |
instrumental | *mъnogomь | *mъnogojǫ | *mъnogomь |
locative | *mъnodzě | *mъnodzě | *mъnodzě |
vocative | *mъnože | *mъnogo | *mъnogo |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *mъnoga | *mъnodzě | *mъnodzě |
genitive | *mъnogu | *mъnogu | *mъnogu |
dative | *mъnogoma | *mъnogama | *mъnogoma |
accusative | *mъnoga | *mъnodzě | *mъnodzě |
instrumental | *mъnogoma | *mъnogama | *mъnogoma |
locative | *mъnogu | *mъnogu | *mъnogu |
vocative | *mъnoga | *mъnodzě | *mъnodzě |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *mъnodzi | *mъnogy | *mъnoga |
genitive | *mъnogъ | *mъnogъ | *mъnogъ |
dative | *mъnogomъ | *mъnogamъ | *mъnogomъ |
accusative | *mъnogy | *mъnogy | *mъnoga |
instrumental | *mъnogy | *mъnogami | *mъnogy |
locative | *mъnodzěxъ | *mъnogaxъ | *mъnodzěxъ |
vocative | *mъnodzi | *mъnogy | *mъnoga |
Definite declension of *mъnogъ (hard)
Derived terms
- *mъnogo (“many, much”) (adverb)
- *mъnožьstvo (“multiple, majority”) < *mъnogъ + *-ьstvo
- *mъnožiti (“to multiply, to increase in number”) < *mъnogъ + *-iti
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъnogo, *mъnogъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 229
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъnogъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 334: “adj. o ‘much, many’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъnogъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (sek. immobil accent) (SA 155; PR 133)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “mnọ̑g”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mъ̏nogъ”