Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgoda

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

*mъrgati (“to smirk”) +‎ *-oda

Noun

*mъrgoda f

1. scowl (facial gesture of displeasure or disapproval)

Declension

Declension of *mъrgoda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mъrgoda	*mъrgodě	*mъrgody
genitive	*mъrgody	*mъrgodu	*mъrgodъ
dative	*mъrgodě	*mъrgodama	*mъrgodamъ
accusative	*mъrgodǫ	*mъrgodě	*mъrgody
instrumental	*mъrgodojǫ, *mъrgodǫ**	*mъrgodama	*mъrgodami
locative	*mъrgodě	*mъrgodu	*mъrgodasъ, *mъrgodaxъ*
vocative	*mъrgodo	*mъrgodě	*mъrgody

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *mъrgačь, *mъrgunъ (“grump”)
• *mъrgavъ (“grumpy”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мр̏года, мр̀гуда

    Latin script: mȑgoda, mr̀guda

  • ⇒ Slovene: mrgọ̄diti (“to frown”) (tonal orthography)

References

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrgoda”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 20 (*morzatъjь – *mъrsknǫti), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 239