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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьrtvъ

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-Indo-European *mr̥tós (> *mьrtъ) or *mr̥twós, from *mer- (to die). Equivalent to *mьrtъ (mortal) + *-vъ.

Cognates:

Adjective

*mь̃rtvъ [1][2]

  1. dead
    Antonym: *živъ

Inflection

Accent paradigm b.

See also

  • *navъ (dead man)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: мрьтвъ (mrĭtvŭ), мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰿⱃⱐⱅⰲⱏ (mrĭtvŭ), ⰿⱃⱏⱅⰲⱏ (mrŭtvŭ)
    • Bulgarian: мъ́ртъв (mǎ́rtǎv)
    • Macedonian: мртов (mrtov)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: мр̀тав, мр̑твӣ
      Latin: mr̀tav, mȓtvī, mrtȏv, mrtvȍ, mōrtȏv, mōrtvȍ
    • Slovene: mŕtəv (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mrtvý, mertev
    • Old Polish: martwy, miartwy, miertwy
    • Slovak: mŕtvy, mŕtvý, mŕtví
    • Slovincian: [Term?]
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: mortwy, mordwy, morwy
      • Lower Sorbian: martwy, marwy

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mь̀rtvъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 342: “adj. o (b) ‘dead’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), mьrtvъ mьrtvo mьrtva”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b (SA 110; PR 136)”
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