Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьčь

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

Noun

*mь̀čь m^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Alternative form of *mèčь (“sword”)

Declension

Declension of *mь̀čь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mь̀čь	*mьčà	*mьčì
genitive	*mьčà	*mьčù	*mь̀čь
dative	*mьčù	*mьčèma	*mь̀čemъ
accusative	*mь̀čь	*mьčà	*mьčę̇̀
instrumental	mьčь̀mь, mьčèmь^*	*mьčèma	*mь̀či
locative	*mьčì	*mьčù	*mь̀čixъ
vocative	*mьču	*mьčà	*mьčì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мь́чь (mĭ́čĭ) (in The Tale of Igor's Campaign)
South Slavic
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: мьчь (mĭčĭ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ма̏ч
  
  Latin script: mȁč

References

^ Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎^[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “mečь/mьčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 38
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mèčь; *mь̀čь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305: “m. jo (b) ‘sword’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “mečь (?mьčь)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sværd (PR 134)”

[1] Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic‎^[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “mečь/mьčь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 38

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mèčь; *mь̀čь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 305: “m. jo (b) ‘sword’”

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001) “mečь (?mьčь)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b sværd (PR 134)”

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