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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *minḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *mn-eh₁- (present stem *mn-eye-), from the root *men- (“to think, mind”).
Verb
*mьně̀ti impf[1][2]
- to think
Conjugation
Conjugation of
*mьněti, *mьně, *mьnitь (
impf., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
| Verbal noun
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Infinitive
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Supine
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L-participle
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| *mьněnьje
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*mьněti
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*mьnětъ
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*mьnělъ
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Participles
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| Tense
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Past
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Present
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| Passive
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*mьněnъ
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*mьnimъ
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| Active
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*mьněvъ
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*mьnę
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Aorist
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Present
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| Person
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Singular
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*mьněxъ |
*mьně |
*mьně
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*mьňǫ |
*mьniši |
*mьnitь
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| Dual
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*mьněxově |
*mьněsta |
*mьněste
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*mьnivě |
*mьnita |
*mьnite
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| Plural
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*mьněxomъ |
*mьněste |
*mьněšę
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*mьnimъ |
*mьnite |
*mьnętь
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Imperfect
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Imperative
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| Person
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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1st |
2nd |
3rd
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| Singular
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*mьněaxъ |
*mьněaše |
*mьněaše
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*mьni |
*mьni
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| Dual
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*mьněaxově |
*mьněašeta |
*mьněašete
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*mьnivě |
*mьnita |
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| Plural
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*mьněaxomъ |
*mьněašete |
*mьněaxǫ
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*mьnimъ |
*mьnite |
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Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: мьнѣти (mĭněti), мьнити (mĭniti)
- Belarusian: мнець (mnjecʹ), мныць (mnycʹ) (obsolete)
- Russian: мнить (mnitʹ)
- Ukrainian: мни́ти (mnýty) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: мьнѣти (mĭněti)
- Bulgarian: мня (mnja) (obsolete; now found only in prefixed verbs)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: мнјети (archaic), мни̏ти
- Latin script: mnjeti, mnȉti
- Slovene: mnẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mnieti
- Czech: mnět (obsolete), mnít (literary, archaic)
- Old Polish: mnieć
- Slovak: mnieť (obsolete)
Further reading
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999), “мнить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 536
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мнить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьněti (sę)/*mьniti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, pages 113-115
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mьněti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340: “v. ‘think’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “mnénje”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*mьně̋ti”