Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/moldъ
Appearance
Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”). Cognates include Latin mollis (“soft, mild”) and Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdú, “soft, mild, weak”).
Adjective
[edit]Declension
[edit]Indefinite declension of *moldъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
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nominative | *moldъ | *molda | *moldo |
genitive | *molda | *moldy | *molda |
dative | *moldu | *moldě | *moldu |
accusative | *moldъ | *moldǫ | *moldo |
instrumental | *moldomь | *moldojǫ | *moldomь |
locative | *moldě | *moldě | *moldě |
vocative | *molde | *moldo | *moldo |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *molda | *moldě | *moldě |
genitive | *moldu | *moldu | *moldu |
dative | *moldoma | *moldama | *moldoma |
accusative | *molda | *moldě | *moldě |
instrumental | *moldoma | *moldama | *moldoma |
locative | *moldu | *moldu | *moldu |
vocative | *molda | *moldě | *moldě |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *moldi | *moldy | *molda |
genitive | *moldъ | *moldъ | *moldъ |
dative | *moldomъ | *moldamъ | *moldomъ |
accusative | *moldy | *moldy | *molda |
instrumental | *moldy | *moldami | *moldy |
locative | *molděxъ | *moldaxъ | *molděxъ |
vocative | *moldi | *moldy | *molda |
Definite declension of *moldъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *moldъjь | *moldaja | *moldoje |
genitive | *moldajego | *moldyję̇ | *moldajego |
dative | *moldujemu | *molději | *moldujemu |
accusative | *moldъjь | *moldǫjǫ | *moldoje |
instrumental | *moldyjimь | *moldǫjǫ | *moldyjimь |
locative | *moldějemь | *molději | *moldějemь |
vocative | *moldъjь | *moldaja | *moldoje |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *moldaja | *molději | *molději |
genitive | *molduju | *molduju | *molduju |
dative | *moldyjima | *moldyjima | *moldyjima |
accusative | *moldaja | *molději | *molději |
instrumental | *moldyjima | *moldyjima | *moldyjima |
locative | *molduju | *molduju | *molduju |
vocative | *moldaja | *molději | *molději |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *moldiji | *moldyję̇ | *moldaja |
genitive | *moldъjixъ | *moldъjixъ | *moldъjixъ |
dative | *moldyjimъ | *moldyjimъ | *moldyjimъ |
accusative | *moldyję̇ | *moldyję̇ | *moldaja |
instrumental | *moldyjimi | *moldyjimi | *moldyjimi |
locative | *moldyjixъ | *moldyjixъ | *moldyjixъ |
vocative | *moldiji | *moldyję̇ | *moldaja |
Derived terms
[edit]- *moldostь (“youth, youthfulness, adolescence”)
- *moldežь (“youth”)
- *molděti (“to be young”)
- *moldenьcь (“infant, child, youth”)
- *moldiťь (“youngling”)
- *moldę (“youngling, cub, baby”)
- *moldętьce (“puppy, kitten, little one, etc.”)
- *moldikъ (“something or somebody young”)
- *moldь (“youth”)
- *moldokъ (“novice, youth, young tree”)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молодой”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mȏldъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 323: “adj. o (c) ‘young’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “moldъ molda moldo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 109, 146, 172; PR 138)”