From *moltъ (“hammer”) + *-iti.
*mōltìti[1][2][3]
- to beat, to thresh
Conjugation of
*moltiti, *molti, *moltitь (?,
-i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm b)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *molťenьje
|
*moltiti
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*moltitъ
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*moltilъ
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|
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
|
*molťenъ
|
*moltimъ
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| Active
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*molťь
|
*moltę
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|
|
Aorist
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Present
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| Person
|
1st
|
2nd
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3rd
|
1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
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| Singular
|
*moltixъ |
*molti |
*molti
|
*molťǫ |
*moltiši |
*moltitь
|
| Dual
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*moltixově |
*moltista |
*moltiste
|
*moltivě |
*moltita |
*moltite
|
| Plural
|
*moltixomъ |
*moltiste |
*moltišę
|
*moltimъ |
*moltite |
*moltętь
|
|
|
Imperfect
|
Imperative
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| Person
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd
|
| Singular
|
*molťaaxъ |
*molťaaše |
*molťaaše
|
— |
*molti |
*molti
|
| Dual
|
*molťaaxově |
*molťaašeta |
*molťaašete
|
*moltivě |
*moltita |
—
|
| Plural
|
*molťaaxomъ |
*molťaašete |
*molťaaxǫ
|
*moltimъ |
*moltite |
—
|
Notes: - (*)*moltivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молоти́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moltiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 192
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*moltìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “v. (b) ‘beat, thresh’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “moltiti: moltjǫ moltitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b tærske (PR 137; MP 27)”
- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[2], University of Vienna, page 21: “*molti̋ti”
