Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/motriti

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 *mat(r)ī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to discern”), related to Lithuanian matýti (“to look at, watch”), matrùs (“vigilant”).

Verb

*motrìti

1. to look at, watch

Inflection

Conjugation of *motriti, *motri, *motritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*motřenьje	*motriti	*motritъ	*motrilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*motřenъ	*motrimъ
Active	*motřь	*motrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*motrixъ	*motri	*motri	*motřǫ	*motriši	*motritь
Dual	*motrixově	*motrista	*motriste	*motrivě	*motrita	*motrite
Plural	*motrixomъ	*motriste	*motrišę	*motrimъ	*motrite	*motrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*motřaaxъ	*motřaaše	*motřaaše	—	*motri	*motri
Dual	*motřaaxově	*motřaašeta	*motřaašete	*motrivě	*motrita	—
Plural	*motřaaxomъ	*motřaašete	*motřaaxǫ	*motrimъ	*motrite	—

Notes:
• (*)*motrivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Derived terms

• *sъmotriti／*sъmotrěti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *мотрити (*motriti)
    • Russian: мотри́ть (motrítʹ), мотре́ть (motrétʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: мотрити (motriti)
  • Bulgarian: мо́тря (mótrja); мо́три́м (mótrím) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: мо̀трити

    Latin script: mòtriti

  • Slovene: mótriti (tonal orthography)