Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgati

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 *murˀg-, *mirˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥gʷ- or *mr̥Hgʷ-, from the root *mergʷ- or *merHgʷ-. Cognate with Lithuanian mirgė́ti (“to twinkle”) (3sg. mìrga), Latvian mir̂dzêt (“to twinkle”), Old Norse myrkr (“dark”) (acc. myrkvan).

Verb

*mъrgati impf^[1]

to blink, to wink

Inflection

Conjugation of *mъrgati, *mъrga, *mъrgajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mъrganьje	*mъrgati	*mъrgatъ	*mъrgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mъrganъ	*mъrgajemъ
Active	*mъrgavъ	*mъrgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgaxъ	*mъrga	*mъrga	*mъrgajǫ	*mъrgaješi	*mъrgajetь
Dual	*mъrgaxově	*mъrgasta	*mъrgaste	*mъrgajevě	*mъrgajeta	*mъrgajete
Plural	*mъrgaxomъ	*mъrgaste	*mъrgašę	*mъrgajemъ	*mъrgajete	*mъrgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgaaxъ	*mъrgaaše	*mъrgaaše	—	*mъrgaji	*mъrgaji
Dual	*mъrgaaxově	*mъrgaašeta	*mъrgaašete	*mъrgajivě	*mъrgajita	—
Plural	*mъrgaaxomъ	*mъrgaašete	*mъrgaaxǫ	*mъrgajimъ	*mъrgajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: марга́ць (marhácʹ), мірга́ць (mirhácʹ)
- Russian: морга́ть (morgátʹ)
- Ukrainian: морга́ти (morháty)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mrhati
  - Czech: mrhat, mrgať (dialectal), ⇒ mrholit^[2]
- Polish: margać, mrugać
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: mërgac
  - Slovincian: mërgac
- Silesian: mrugać
- Slovak: mrhať

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъrgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “v. ‘blink, wink’”
^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mrholit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 434

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъrgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335: “v. ‘blink, wink’”

[2] Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “mrholit”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 434

[1]

[2]