Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/modliti
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From metathesis ld > dl, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *mold-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *moldʰ- (“to ask, pray, speak”).
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian malda (“request”), maldýti (“pray for”).
Indo-European cognates include Hittite 𒈠𒀀𒀠𒁲 (ma-a-al-di /māldi/, “to recite, make a vow”, 3sg.pres.act.), Old Saxon meldōn (“to report, tell”), Old Armenian մաղթեմ (małtʻem).
Verb
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- (transitive, intransitive) to ask, pray
Conjugation
Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
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*modľenьje | *modliti | *modlitъ | *modlilъ |
Participles | ||
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Tense | Past | Present |
Passive | *modľenъ | *modlimъ |
Active | *modľь | *modlę |
Aorist | Present | |||||
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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
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
- The template Template:R:ru:Chernykh does not use the parameter(s):
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*modlìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 320: “v. ‘pray’ (b)”