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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/morъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *maras, from Proto-Indo-European *mor-o-s, from *mer- (“to die”). Cognate with Lithuanian mãras.

Noun

*mȍrъ m [1][2]

  1. plague

Inflection
Declension of *mȍrъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mȍrъ *mȍra *mȍri
Accusative *mȍrъ *mȍra *mȍry
Genitive *mȍra *morù *mòrъ
Locative *mȍrě *morù *morě̃xъ
Dative *mȍru *moromà *moròmъ
Instrumental *mȍrъmь, *mȍromь* *moromà *morý
Vocative *more *mȍra *mȍri
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
  • *merti (“to die”)
  • *moriti (“to tire, to drain one's energy”)

Derived terms
  • *umora (“tiredness”)
  • *morьnъ (“tiring, grueling”)

Declension
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: моръ (morŭ)
      • Belarusian: мор (mor)
      • Russian: мор (mor)
      • Ukrainian: мір (mir)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: моръ (morŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⱁⱃⱏ (morŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мор (mor)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мо̑р
      Latin: mȏr
    • Slovene: mȍr (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*morъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 326: “m. o ‘plague’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “morъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c pest (PR 137)”
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