мьнѣти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьněti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.

Verb

мьнѣти • (mĭněti) impf

1. think
   • from the Homily against the Bogumils, 1218-1222:

     такъ бо ѥстъ обꙑчаи диꙗволоу и ослѣплꙗѥтъ очи и оумалꙗѥтъ грѣхъ да творѧщеи зълаꙗ мьнѧтъ сѧ не творѧщеи зъла ничесоже

     takŭ bo jestŭ obyčai dijavolu i oslěpljajetŭ oči i umaljajetŭ grěxŭ da tvoręštei zŭlaja mĭnętŭ sę ne tvoręštei zŭla ničesože

     Such is the habit of the devil; he blinds the eyes and shrinks sin, so that those who do evil think they are doing nothing wrong.

2. assume
3. believe

Conjugation

present tense of мьнѣти (mĭněti) singular dual plural азъ (azŭ) тꙑ (ty) тъ (tŭ) вѣ (vě) ва (va) та (ta) мꙑ (my) вꙑ (vy) ти (ti) мьнѭ (mĭnjǫ) мьниши (mĭniši) мьнитъ (mĭnitŭ) мьнивѣ (mĭnivě) мьнита (mĭnita) мьните (mĭnite) мьнимъ (mĭnimŭ) мьните (mĭnite) мьнѭтъ (mĭnjǫtŭ)

Descendants

• Russian: мнительный (mnitelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: мнити

  Latin script: mniti

• Slovene: meniti