Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrcati

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 *mьrkati.

Verb

*mьrcati

1. to darken

Inflection

Conjugation of *mьrcati, *mьrca, *mьrcajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьrcanьje	*mьrcati	*mьrcatъ	*mьrcalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьrcanъ	*mьrcajemъ
Active	*mьrcavъ	*mьrcaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьrcaxъ	*mьrca	*mьrca	*mьrcajǫ	*mьrcaješi	*mьrcajetь
Dual	*mьrcaxově	*mьrcasta	*mьrcaste	*mьrcajevě	*mьrcajeta	*mьrcajete
Plural	*mьrcaxomъ	*mьrcaste	*mьrcašę	*mьrcajemъ	*mьrcajete	*mьrcajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьrcaaxъ	*mьrcaaše	*mьrcaaše	—	*mьrcaji	*mьrcaji
Dual	*mьrcaaxově	*mьrcaašeta	*mьrcaašete	*mьrcajivě	*mьrcajita	—
Plural	*mьrcaaxomъ	*mьrcaašete	*mьrcaaxǫ	*mьrcajimъ	*mьrcajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мьрцати (mĭrcati)
    • Belarusian: мірца́ць (mircácʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: мерца́ть (mercátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мръцати (mrŭcati)

  • Serbo-Croatian: (obsolete, dialectal)

    Cyrillic script: мрцати

    Latin script: mrcati

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мерца́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress