Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъxъ

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 *muśas, from Proto-Indo-European *músos. Cognate with Lithuanian mūsaĩ, mùsos (“mould”), Proto-Germanic *musą, and perhaps Old Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ).

Noun

*mъ̀xъ or *mъ̏xъ m

1. moss

Declension

Declension of *mъ̀xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъ̀xъ	*mъxà	*mъśì
genitive	*mъxà	*mъxù	*mъ̀xъ
dative	*mъxù	*mъxòma	*mъxòmъ
accusative	*mъ̀xъ	*mъxà	*mъxỳ
instrumental	*mъxъ̀mь, *mъxòmь*	*mъxòma	*mъ̀xy
locative	*mъśě̀	*mъxù	*mъ̀śěxъ
vocative	*mъše	*mъxà	*mъśì

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Declension of *mъ̏xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъ̏xъ	*mъ̏xa	*mъ̏śi
genitive	*mъ̏xa	*mъxù	*mъ̀xъ
dative	*mъ̏xu	*mъxomà	*mъxòmъ
accusative	*mъ̏xъ	*mъ̏xa	*mъ̏xy
instrumental	*mъ̏xъmь, *mъ̏xomь*	*mъxomà	*mъxý
locative	*mъ̏śě	*mъxù	*mъśě̃xъ
vocative	*mъše	*mъ̏xa	*mъ̏śi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мъхъ (mŭxŭ), мохъ (moxŭ)
    • Belarusian: мох (mox)
    • Russian: мох (mox)
    • Ukrainian: мох (mox)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: мъхъ (mŭxŭ)
  • Bulgarian: мъх (mǎh)
  • Macedonian: мов (mov)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: маховина

    Latin script: mahovina

  • Slovene: mȃh (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mech
    • Czech: mech
  • Polish: mech
  • Slovak: mach
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: mech
    • Upper Sorbian: moch

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress