mřieti
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *merti.
Pronunciation
Verb
mřieti impf
- to die
- Chudí hlad mrú. ― The poor die of hunger.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mřieti (class I)
| infinitive | supine | verbal noun |
|---|---|---|
| mřieti | mřět | mřěnie |
| present | imperative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | singular | dual | plural | |
| 1st person | mru | mřevě (-va) | mřem (-me/-my) | — | mřěvě (-va) | mřěm (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | mřeš | mřeta | mřete | mři | mřěta | mřěte |
| 3rd person | mře | mřeta | mrú | mři | mřěta | mřěte |
| aorist (sigmatic) | imperfect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | singular | dual | plural | |
| 1st person | mřěch | mřěchově (-va) | mřěchom (-me/-my) | mřiech | mřiechově (-va) | mřiechom (-me/-my) |
| 2nd person | mřě | mřěsta (-šta) | mřěste (-šte) | mřieše | mřiešta (-sta) | mřiešte (-ste) |
| 3rd person | mřě | mřěsta (-šta) | mřěchu | mřieše | mřiešta (-sta) | mřiechu |
| l-participle | passive participle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | singular | dual | plural | |
| masculine | mřěl | mřěla | mřěli | — | — | — |
| feminine | mřěla | mřěle | mřěly | — | — | — |
| neuter | mřělo | mřěle | mřěla | — | — | — |
| nt-participle | s-participle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | singular | dual | plural | |
| masculine | mra | mrúce | mřěv | mřěvše | ||
| feminine | mrúci | mřěvši | ||||
| neuter | mra, mrúci | mřěv, mřěvši | ||||
| compound forms | |
|---|---|
| perfect | Use the l-participle of mřieti and the present tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. mřěl jest |
| pluperfect | Use the l-participle of mřieti and one of the past tenses of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. mřěl bě/bieše/by / byl jest mřěl |
| future | Use the infinitive of mřieti and the future tense of býti or less often present tense of the auxiliary verb chtieti or jmieti e.g. bude/chce/jmá mřieti |
| future perfect | Use the l-participle of mřieti and the future tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. bude mřěl |
| present conditional | Use the l-participle of mřieti and the perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. mřěl by |
| past conditional | Use the l-participle of mřieti and the perfect tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. byl by mřěl |
| continuous | Use the nt-participle of mřieti and the appropriate tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. jest mra, bude mra |
Note: This table shows the most common forms of mřieti around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Czech: mřít
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “mřieti”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění