мьстити

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

ⰿⱐⱄⱅⰻⱅⰻ (mĭstiti) — Glagolitic

Etymology

From мьсть (mĭstĭ), from Proto-Slavic *mьstiti.

Verb

мьстити • (mĭstiti) impf (transitive)

to revenge
- 11th century, Retko, Codex Suprasliensis (in Old Cyrillic), page 35, line 15:
  понѣ нꙑн҄ѣ и҅сповѣдите о҅тъпадениѥ҆ б꙯оу вашемоу· дадите о̑убо да мь҆штѫ ѥ҅моу· народоу же многоу вѣровавъшоу· о̑устръмишꙙ сꙙ и҅ съкроушишꙙ коумирꙙ· и҅ крꙿстишꙙ сꙙ·
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
to avenge
- 11th century, Codex Marianus (in Glagolitic), Gospel of Luke 18:3:
  ⰲⱏⰴⱁⰲⰰ ⰶⰵ ⰱⱑ ⰲⱏ ⰳⱃⰰⰴⱑ ⱅⱁⰿⱐ · ⰺ ⱂⱃⰻⱈⱁⰶⰴⰰⰰⱎⰵ ⰽⱏ ⱀⰵⰿⱆ ⰳⰾ҃ⱙⱎⱅⰻ · ⰿⱐⱄⱅⰻ ⰿⰵⱀⰵ ⱁⱅⱏ ⱄⱘⱂⱐⱃⱑ ⰿⱁⰵⰳⱁ · […] ⰴⰰ ⰿⱐⱎⱅⱙ ⰵⱗ ⰴⰰ ⱀⰵ ⰴⱁ ⰽⱁⱀⱐⱌⰰⱂⱃⰻⱈⱁⰴⱔⱎⱅⰻ ⰸⰰⱄⱅⱁⰻⱅⱏ ⰿⰵⱀⰵ ·
  [въдова же бѣ въ градѣ томь · ꙇ прихождааше къ немоу гл҃ѭшти · мьсти мене отъ сѫпьрѣ моего · […] да мьштѭ еѩ да не до коньцаприходѧшти застоитъ мене ·]
  vŭdova že bě vŭ gradě tomĭ · i prixoždaaše kŭ nemu gl:jǫšti · mĭsti mene otŭ sǫpĭrě mojego · […] da mĭštjǫ eję da ne do konĭcaprixodęšti zastoitŭ mene ·
  And there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying: Avenge me of mine adversary. […] I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. (KJV)

Conjugation

Conjugation of мьстити (class II1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
мьстити mĭstiti	мьститъ mĭstitŭ	мьщениѥ mĭštenije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		мьстѧ mĭstę	мьщь, мьстивъ mĭštĭ, mĭstivŭ
passive		мьстимъ mĭstimŭ	мьщенъ mĭštenŭ

singular		мьстилъ mĭstilŭ	мьстило mĭstilo	мьстила mĭstila
dual		мьстила mĭstila	мьстилѣ mĭstilě	мьстилѣ mĭstilě
plural		мьстили mĭstili	мьстила mĭstila	мьстилꙑ mĭstily

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	мьщѫ mĭštǫ	мьщаахъ mĭštaaxŭ	—
	2nd	мьстиши mĭstiši	мьщааше mĭštaaše	мьсти mĭsti
	3rd	мьститъ mĭstitŭ	мьщааше mĭštaaše	мьсти mĭsti
dual	1st	мьстивѣ mĭstivě	мьщааховѣ mĭštaaxově	мьстивѣ mĭstivě
	2nd	мьстита mĭstita	мьщаашета mĭštaašeta	мьстита mĭstita
	3rd	мьстите, мьстита mĭstite, mĭstita	мьщаашете, мьщаашета mĭštaašete, mĭštaašeta	—
plural	1st	мьстимъ mĭstimŭ	мьщаахомъ mĭštaaxomŭ	мьстимъ mĭstimŭ
	2nd	мьстите mĭstite	мьщаашете mĭštaašete	мьстите mĭstite
	3rd	мьстѧтъ mĭstętŭ	мьщаахѫ mĭštaaxǫ	—

		s-aorist⁶
singular	1st	мьстихъ mĭstixŭ
	2nd	мьсти mĭsti
	3rd	мьсти mĭsti
dual	1st	мьстиховѣ mĭstixově
	2nd	мьстиста mĭstista
	3rd	мьстисте, мьстиста mĭstiste, mĭstista
plural	1st	мьстихомъ mĭstixomŭ
	2nd	мьстисте mĭstiste
	3rd	мьстишѧ mĭstišę

compound forms
perfect²		Use the l-participle of мьстити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьстилъ ѥстъ
pluperfect²		Use the l-participle of мьстити and the imperfective aorist or imperfect³ tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьстилъ бѣ/бѣаше
future		Use the infinitive of мьстити and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. third-person singular → иматъ/хощетъ/начьнетъ/въчьнетъ мьстити
future perfect^{2, 4}		Use the l-participle of мьстити and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьстилъ бѫдетъ
conditional²		Use the l-participle of мьстити and the conditional mood⁵ or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. third-person masculine singular → мьстилъ би/бꙑ

¹ For declension of participles, see their entries.
² Except first/second-person neuter.
³ Third-person only.
⁴ Attested only in a few instances.
⁵ The dual forms are unattested.
⁶ Also called a sigmatic aorist.

This table shows the normalized inflected forms of мьстити. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .

Synonyms

мьщати (mĭštati)

Derived terms

мьститель m (mĭstitelĭ)
мьстьникъ m (mĭstĭnikŭ)
отъмьстивъ (otŭmĭstivŭ)
отъмьстити pf (otŭmĭstiti)

Related terms

мьзда f (mĭzda)
мьщениѥ n (mĭštenije)

References

Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка‎^[1], София