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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mъxъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *muśas, from Proto-Indo-European *músos. Cognate with Lithuanian mūsaĩ, mùsos (“mould”), Proto-Germanic *musą, and perhaps Old Armenian մամուռ (mamuṙ).

Noun

*mъ̀xъ or *mъ̏xъ m[1][2]

  1. moss

Declension
Declension of *mъ̀xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *mъ̀xъ *mъxà *mъśì
genitive *mъxà *mъxù *mъ̀xъ
dative *mъxù *mъxòma *mъxòmъ
accusative *mъ̀xъ *mъxà *mъxỳ
instrumental *mъxъ̀mь, *mъxòmь* *mъxòma *mъ̀xy
locative *mъśě̀ *mъxù *mъ̀śěxъ
vocative *mъše *mъxà *mъśì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *mъ̏xъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *mъ̏xъ *mъ̏xa *mъ̏śi
genitive *mъ̏xa *mъxù *mъ̀xъ
dative *mъ̏xu *mъxomà *mъxòmъ
accusative *mъ̏xъ *mъ̏xa *mъ̏xy
instrumental *mъ̏xъmь, *mъ̏xomь* *mъxomà *mъxý
locative *mъ̏śě *mъxù *mъśě̃xъ
vocative *mъše *mъ̏xa *mъ̏śi
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: мъхъ (mŭxŭ), мохъ (moxŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*mъxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 333: “m. o (b/c) ‘moss’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “mъxъ mъxa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b moss (NA 109f., 141; SA 21, 139; PR 134)”
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