мощи

See also: мошти

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic мощи pl (mošti), the plural of мощь (moštĭ, “power”). Probably a calque of Byzantine Greek δυνάμεις (dunámeis, “powers, manifestations of sainthood/divinity”).

Noun

мощи • (mošti) f pl

1. (plural only) relics (remnants of a saint's body)

Declension

Declension of мо́щи

	plural
indefinite	мо́щи móšti
definite	мо́щите móštite

References

• “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мощи”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мощи”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 270
• “мощи”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мощь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• мошти (mošti)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“be able, capable”). Cognate with English may, Sanskrit मघ (magha, “power”), Persian مغ (“Zoroastrian priest”), Old High German mugan (“be able”).

Verb

мощи • (mošti) pf

1. to be able

Conjugation

present tense of мощи (mošti) singular dual plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) могѫ (mogǫ) можеши (možeši) можетъ (možetŭ) можевѣ (moževě) можета (možeta) можете (možete) можемъ (možemŭ) можете (možete) могѫтъ (mogǫtŭ)

Derived terms

• възмощи (vŭzmošti)
• изнемощи (iznemošti)
• отънемощи (otŭnemošti)
• помагати (pomagati)
• помощи (pomošti)
• прѣмощи (prěmošti)
• прѣнемощи (prěnemošti)

Noun

мощи • (mošti) f plural of мошть (moštĭ)

1. (religion) relics
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2919-1921:

     да бѫдетъ проклѧтъ иже свѧтꙑихъ вьсѣхъ не чьтетъ ни кланꙗѥтъ сѧ съ любъвиѭ мощемъ ихъ

     da bǫdetŭ proklętŭ iže svętyixŭ vĭsěxŭ ne čĭtetŭ ni klanjajetŭ sę sŭ ljubŭvijǫ moštemŭ ixŭ

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София

Further reading

• Koch, Christoph (1990) “§ 53 Konj. I.1a,1b1 (mogǫ mošti)”, in Das morphologische System des altkirchenslavischen Verbums‎^[2] (in German), Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, page 597

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoɕːɪ]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic мощи (mošti), plural of мошть (moštĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mogťi. Cognate to мощь (moščʹ), мочь (močʹ).

Noun

мо́щи • (móšči) m inan pl (genitive моще́й, plural only)

1. (religion) relics

Declension

Declension of мо́щи (inan pl-only masc-form sibilant-stem accent-e) 

	plural
nominative	мо́щи móšči
genitive	моще́й moščéj
dative	моща́м moščám
accusative	мо́щи móšči
instrumental	моща́ми moščámi
prepositional	моща́х moščáx

Derived terms

Phrases

• по моща́м и еле́й (po moščám i jeléj)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мощь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “мощи”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 546
• Krylov, G. A. (2004) “мощи”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Noun

мо́щи • (móšči) f inan

1. genitive/dative/prepositional singular of мощь (moščʹ)