Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьčьtati

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 *mьčьta (“dream”).

Verb

*mьčьtati

1. to dream

Inflection

Conjugation of *mьčьtati, *mьčьta, *mьčьtajetь (impf., -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-ati

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьčьtanьje	*mьčьtati	*mьčьtatъ	*mьčьtalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьčьtanъ	*mьčьtajemъ
Active	*mьčьtavъ	*mьčьtaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьčьtaxъ	*mьčьta	*mьčьta	*mьčьtajǫ	*mьčьtaješi	*mьčьtajetь
Dual	*mьčьtaxově	*mьčьtasta	*mьčьtaste	*mьčьtajevě	*mьčьtajeta	*mьčьtajete
Plural	*mьčьtaxomъ	*mьčьtaste	*mьčьtašę	*mьčьtajemъ	*mьčьtajete	*mьčьtajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьčьtaaxъ	*mьčьtaaše	*mьčьtaaše	—	*mьčьtaji	*mьčьtaji
Dual	*mьčьtaaxově	*mьčьtaašeta	*mьčьtaašete	*mьčьtajivě	*mьčьtajita	—
Plural	*mьčьtaaxomъ	*mьčьtaašete	*mьčьtaaxǫ	*mьčьtajimъ	*mьčьtajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мьчьтати (mĭčĭtati), мечтати (mečtati)
    • Russian: мечта́ть (mečtátʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мьчьтати (mĭčĭtati)

  • Bulgarian: мечта́я (mečtája)
  • Macedonian: ме́чтае (méčtae)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ма̀штати

    Latin script: màštati

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьčьtati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 91