Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morъ

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 *maras, from Proto-Indo-European *mor-o-s, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Lithuanian mãras and Latin mors.

Noun

*mȍrъ m

1. plague

Inflection

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mȍrъ	*mȍra	*mȍri
genitive	*mȍra	*morù	*mòrъ
dative	*mȍru	*moromà	*moròmъ
accusative	*mȍrъ	*mȍra	*mȍry
instrumental	*mȍrъmь, *mȍromь*	*moromà	*morý
locative	*mȍrě	*morù	*morě̃xъ
vocative	*more	*mȍra	*mȍri

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

Related terms

• *merti (“to die”)
• *moriti (“to tire, to drain one's energy”)

Derived terms

• *umora (“tiredness”)
• *morьnъ (“tiring, gruelling”)

Declension

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: моръ (morŭ)
    • Belarusian: мор (mor)
    • Russian: мор (mor)
    • Ukrainian: мор (mor)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: моръ (morŭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⱁⱃⱏ (morŭ)

  • Bulgarian: мор (mor)
  • Macedonian: мор (mor)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̑р

    Latin script: mȏr

  • Slovene: mȍr (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: mor
  • Polish: mór
  • Slovak: mor