Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mertva

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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

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Etymology

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From *merti +‎ *-tva.

Noun

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*mertva f

  1. dyingness, state of dying
  2. plague

Synonyms

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Inflection

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Descendants

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  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mřetwa
      • Lower Sorbian: mřetwa

References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mertva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 102