Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myslь

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Proto-Indo-European *muHdʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, fact, purpose”). Morphologically *myd- +‎ *-slь.

Noun

*my̑slь or *mỳslь f

1. thought, idea

Inflection

Declension of *my̑slь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*my̑slь	*my̑sli	*my̑sli
genitive	*myslí	*myslьjù, *mysľu*	*myslь̀jь
dative	*my̑sli	*myslьmà	*my̑slьmъ
accusative	*my̑slь	*my̑sli	*my̑sli
instrumental	*myslьjǫ́	*myslьmà	*myslьmì
locative	*myslí	*myslьjù, *mysľu*	*my̑slьxъ
vocative	*mysli	*my̑sli	*my̑sli

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Declension of *mỳslь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mỳslь	*mỳsli	*mỳsli
genitive	*mỳslī	*mỳslьju, *mỳsľu*	*mỳslьjь, *mỳslī*
dative	*mỳsli	*mỳslьma	*mỳslьmъ
accusative	*mỳslь	*mỳsli	*mỳsli
instrumental	*mỳslьjǫ, *mỳsľǭ*	*mỳslьma	*mỳslьmī
locative	*mỳslī	*mỳslьju, *mỳsľu*	*mỳslьxъ
vocative	*mysli	*mỳsli	*mỳsli

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

• *mysliti
• *mysľati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: мысьль (mysʹlʹ)
    • Russian: мысль (myslʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: мꙑсль (myslĭ)
  • Bulgarian: мисъл (misǎl)
  • Macedonian: мисла (misla)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ми̑сао

    Latin script: mȋsao

  • Slovene: mı̑sǝł (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: myśl
  • Slovak: myseľ
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: mysl
    • Lower Sorbian: mysl