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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/myslь

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 *muHdʰ-. Cognate with Ancient Greek μῦθος (mûthos, “word, fact, purpose”). Morphologically *myd- +‎ *-slь.

Noun

*my̑slь or *mỳslь f [1][2][3]

  1. thought, idea

Inflection
Declension of *my̑slь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *my̑slь *my̑sli *my̑sli
Accusative *my̑slь *my̑sli *my̑sli
Genitive *myslí *myslьjù, *mysľu* *myslь̀jь
Locative *myslí *myslьjù, *mysľu* *my̑slьxъ
Dative *my̑sli *myslьmà *my̑slьmъ
Instrumental *myslьjǫ́ *myslьmà *myslьmì
Vocative *mysli *my̑sli *my̑sli
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Declension of *mỳslь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *mỳslь *mỳsli *mỳsli
Accusative *mỳslь *mỳsli *mỳsli
Genitive *mỳslī *mỳslьju, *mỳsľu* *mỳslьjь, *mỳslī*
Locative *mỳslī *mỳslьju, *mỳsľu* *mỳslьxъ
Dative *mỳsli *mỳslьma *mỳslьmъ
Instrumental *mỳslьjǫ, *mỳsľǭ* *mỳslьma *mỳslьmī
Vocative *mysli *mỳsli *mỳsli
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: [Term?]
      • Belarusian: мысьль (mysʹlʹ)
      • Russian: мысль (myslʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: мꙑсль (myslĭ)
    • Bulgarian: мисъл (misǎl)
    • Macedonian: мисла (misla)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ми̑сао
      Latin: mȋsao
    • Slovene: mı̑sǝł (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: mysl (“mind”)
    • Polish: myśl
    • Slovak: myseľ
    • Sorbian:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*my̑slь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337: “f. i (c) ‘thought, idea’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “myslь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “mȋsel”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*my̋slь”
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