мѧсти

See also: масти

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *męsti (“stir, trouble”).

Verb

мѧсти • (męsti) impf

(reflexive) to stir
- from Slavonic Josephus, книга 1, 348а:
  Тогда же жидове праздноующе въсташа на цр҃ѧ. есть бо в них обꙑчаи при праздницѣ мѧсти сѧ.
  Togda že židove prazdnujušte vŭstaša na cr:ę. estĭ bo v nix obyčai pri prazdnicě męsti sę.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(reflexive) to disturb
- from the Homily against the Bogumils:
  ови сквозѣ градꙑ без мѣста мѧтѫтъ сѧ тоуне ꙗдѫще щоуждь хлѣбъ
  ovi skvozě grady bez města mętǫtŭ sę tune jadǫšte štuždĭ xlěbŭ
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(reflexive) to trouble
- from the Homily against the Bogumils, 2119-2123:
  и въ манастꙑрь идеши и въ поустꙑнѭ прибѣгнеши съ похотьми тѣми а не отъврьжеши ихъ отъ себе без оума и въсоуѥ мѧтеши сѧ
  i vŭ manastyrĭ ideši i vŭ pustynjǫ priběgneši sŭ poxotĭmi těmi a ne otŭvrĭžeši ixŭ otŭ sebe bez uma i vŭsuje męteši sę
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of мѧсти (class IA1, transitive)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
мѧсти męsti	мѧстъ męstŭ	мѧтениѥ mętenije

l-participle		masculine	neuter	feminine
participles¹		present	past
active		мѧтꙑ męty	мѧтъ mętŭ
passive		мѧтомъ mętomŭ	мѧтенъ mętenŭ

singular		мѧлъ męlŭ	мѧло męlo	мѧла męla
dual		мѧла męla	мѧлѣ męlě	мѧлѣ męlě
plural		мѧли męli	мѧла męla	мѧлꙑ męly

		present	imperfect	imperative
singular	1st	мѧтѫ mętǫ	мѧтѣахъ mętěaxŭ	—
	2nd	мѧтеши męteši	мѧтѣаше mętěaše	мѧти męti
	3rd	мѧтетъ mętetŭ	мѧтѣаше mętěaše	мѧти męti
dual	1st	мѧтевѣ mętevě	мѧтѣаховѣ mętěaxově	мѧтѣве mętěve
	2nd	мѧтета męteta	мѧтѣашета mętěašeta	мѧтѣта mętěta
	3rd	мѧтете, мѧтета mętete, męteta	мѧтѣашете, мѧтѣашета mętěašete, mętěašeta	—
plural	1st	мѧтемъ mętemŭ	мѧтѣахомъ mętěaxomŭ	мѧтѣмъ mętěmŭ
	2nd	мѧтете mętete	мѧтѣашете mętěašete	мѧтѣте mętěte
	3rd	мѧтѫтъ mętǫtŭ	мѧтѣахѫ mętěaxǫ	—

		ox-aorist⁶
singular	1st	мѧтохъ mętoxŭ
	2nd	мѧте męte
	3rd	мѧте męte
dual	1st	мѧтоховѣ mętoxově
	2nd	мѧтоста mętosta
	3rd	мѧтосте, мѧтоста mętoste, mętosta
plural	1st	мѧтохомъ mętoxomŭ
	2nd	мѧтосте mętoste
	3rd	мѧтошѧ mętošę

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

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

Derived terms

възмѧсти (vŭzmęsti)
мѧтежь (mętežĭ)
помѧсти (pomęsti)
размѧсти (razmęsti)
съмѧсти (sŭmęsti)

Related terms

мѫтити (mǫtiti)

Descendants

Russian: мести (mesti)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ме̏сти

Latin script: mȅsti
Slovene: mesti

References

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