Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъrgati

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 *murˀg-, *mirˀg-, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥gʷ- or *mr̥Hgʷ-, from the root *mergʷ- or *merHgʷ-. Cognate with Lithuanian mirgė́ti (“to twinkle”) (3sg. mìrga), Latvian mir̂dzêt (“to twinkle”), Old Norse myrkr (“dark”) (acc. myrkvan).

Verb

*mъrgati impf

to blink, to wink

Inflection

Conjugation of *mъrgati (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mъrganьje	*mъrgati	*mъrgatъ	*mъrgalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mъrganъ	*mъrgajemъ
Active	*mъrgavъ	*mъrgaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgaxъ	*mъrga	*mъrga	*mъrgajǫ	*mъrgaješi	*mъrgajetь
Dual	*mъrgaxově	*mъrgasta	*mъrgaste	*mъrgajevě	*mъrgajeta	*mъrgajete
Plural	*mъrgaxomъ	*mъrgaste	*mъrgašę	*mъrgajemъ	*mъrgajete	*mъrgajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mъrgaaxъ	*mъrgaaše	*mъrgaaše	—	*mъrgaji	*mъrgaji
Dual	*mъrgaaxově	*mъrgaašeta	*mъrgaašete	*mъrgajivě	*mъrgajita	—
Plural	*mъrgaaxomъ	*mъrgaašete	*mъrgaaxǫ	*mъrgajimъ	*mъrgajite	—

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: марга́ць (marhácʹ), мірга́ць (mirhácʹ)
- Russian: морга́ть (morgátʹ, “to blink, to wink”), 1sg. морга́ю (morgáju)
- Ukrainian: морга́ти (morháty)

South Slavic: —

West Slavic:
- Old Czech: mrhati (“to waste, to squander”)
- Czech: mrhat (“to waste, to squander”); mrgať (“to move, to wave, to watch gloomily”) (dialectal)
- Polish: margać, mrugać (“to move, to wave, to wag”)
- Slovak: mrhať (“to waste, to squander”)
- Slovincian: mȧ̃rgăc (“to blink, to wink”)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*mъrgati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 335
Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “морга́ть”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mъrgati (sę)”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 20, Moscow: Nauka, page 237

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