Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъčati

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 *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *mukyéti, from the root *(s)mewk-. Cognate with Lithuanian mùkti (“to flit, to come off, to stick”) (1sg. munkù), Latvian mukt (“to flee, to come off”), Lithuanian maũkti (“to tighten, to sip (wine)”) (1sg. maukiù), Sanskrit मुच्यते (múcyate, “to be released”), मुञ्चति (muñcáti, “to liberate, to save”), Ancient Greek ἀπο-μύσσω (apo-mússō, “to snort, to cheat”), possibly Latin ē-mungō (“to blow one's nose, to cheat”) (infinitive ēmungere).

Verb

*mъčati impf

1. to rush? to throw? to carry?

Inflection

Conjugation of *mъčati, *mъča, *mъčitь (impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mъčanьje	*mъčati	*mъčatъ	*mъčalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mъčanъ	*mъčimъ
Active	*mъčavъ	*mъčę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъčaxъ	*mъča	*mъča	*mъčǫ	*mъčiši	*mъčitь
Dual	*mъčaxově	*mъčasta	*mъčaste	*mъčivě	*mъčita	*mъčite
Plural	*mъčaxomъ	*mъčaste	*mъčašę	*mъčimъ	*mъčite	*mъčętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъčaaxъ	*mъčaaše	*mъčaaše	—	*mъči	*mъči
Dual	*mъčaaxově	*mъčaašeta	*mъčaašete	*mъčivě	*mъčita	—
Plural	*mъčaaxomъ	*mъčaašete	*mъčaaxǫ	*mъčimъ	*mъčite	—

Related terms

• *mъknǫti (“to move”)
• *sъmykati

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *мъчати (*mŭčati)
    • ⇒ Belarusian: імча́ць (imčácʹ)
    • Russian: мчать (mčatʹ)
    • Ukrainian: мча́ти (mčáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: мьчими (mĭčimi, nom. pl. pres. pass. part.)

    Glagolitic: [Term?]

  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: (до̀мчати)

    Latin: (dòmčati)

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: mčieti
    • Czech: mčet (archaic or dialectal)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мчать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meu̯k-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 443–444
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъčati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 203