Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrdati

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

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Verb

*mъrdati impf (perfective *mъrdnǫti)

(intransitive) to wag, to wiggle

Inflection

Conjugation of *mъrdati, *mъrda, *mъrdajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mъrdanьje	*mъrdati	*mъrdatъ	*mъrdalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mъrdanъ	*mъrdajemъ
Active	*mъrdavъ	*mъrdaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrdaxъ	*mъrda	*mъrda	*mъrdajǫ	*mъrdaješi	*mъrdajetь
Dual	*mъrdaxově	*mъrdasta	*mъrdaste	*mъrdajevě	*mъrdajeta	*mъrdajete
Plural	*mъrdaxomъ	*mъrdaste	*mъrdašę	*mъrdajemъ	*mъrdajete	*mъrdajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrdaaxъ	*mъrdaaše	*mъrdaaše	—	*mъrdaji	*mъrdaji
Dual	*mъrdaaxově	*mъrdaašeta	*mъrdaašete	*mъrdajivě	*mъrdajita	—
Plural	*mъrdaaxomъ	*mъrdaašete	*mъrdaaxǫ	*mъrdajimъ	*mъrdajite	—

Derived terms

noun

*mъrda

Descendants

South Slavic
- Bulgarian: мърдам (mǎrdam)
- Macedonian: мрда (mrda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мр̏дати
  
  Latin script: mȑdati
- Slovene: mȓdati (tonal orthography)
West Slavic
- Old Czech: mrdati
  - Czech: mrdat
- Old Polish: mardać
  - Polish: merdać
- Slovak: mrdať