Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moriti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *mareitei, from Proto-Indo-European *mor-éye- (“to kill”), causative of *mer- (“to die”). Equivalent to *morъ (“death; plague”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*morìti impf

1. to kill (slowly or cruelly)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *moriti, *mori, *moritь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mořenьje	*moriti	*moritъ	*morilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mořenъ	*morimъ
Active	*mořь	*morę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*morixъ	*mori	*mori	*mořǫ	*moriši	*moritь
Dual	*morixově	*morista	*moriste	*morivě	*morita	*morite
Plural	*morixomъ	*moriste	*morišę	*morimъ	*morite	*morętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mořaaxъ	*mořaaše	*mořaaše	—	*mori	*mori
Dual	*mořaaxově	*mořaašeta	*mořaašete	*morivě	*morita	—
Plural	*mořaaxomъ	*mořaašete	*mořaaxǫ	*morimъ	*morite	—

Notes:
• (*)*morivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

• *umoriti
• *zamoriti

Related terms

• *mьrtvъ (“dead”)
• *sъmьrtь (“death < natural death”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: мори́ть (morítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: мори́ти (morýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̀рити

    Latin script: mòriti

  • Slovene: morīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mořit
  • Polish: morzyć
  • Slovak: moriť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “морити”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress