Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьgnovenьje

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 *mьgnǫti +‎ *-ovъ +‎ *-enьje, from *migati (“to blink”).

Noun

*mьgnovenьje n

1. (East and South Slavic) moment, instant, twinkling

Inflection

Declension of *mьgnovenьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mьgnovenьje	*mьgnovenьji	*mьgnovenьja
genitive	*mьgnovenьja	*mьgnovenьju	*mьgnovenьjь
dative	*mьgnovenьju	*mьgnovenьjema	*mьgnovenьjemъ
accusative	*mьgnovenьje	*mьgnovenьji	*mьgnovenьja
instrumental	*mьgnovenьjьmь, *mьgnovenьjemь*	*mьgnovenьjema	*mьgnovenьji
locative	*mьgnovenьji	*mьgnovenьju	*mьgnovenьjixъ
vocative	*mьgnovenьje	*mьgnovenьji	*mьgnovenьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: мьгновениѥ (mĭgnovenije), мегновениѥ (megnovenije), мъгновениѥ (mŭgnovenije)
    • Old Ruthenian: мгнове́нье (mhnovénʹje), мгнове́нє (mhnovénje), мгнове́ние (mhnovénije)
    • Middle Russian: мгнове́ние (mgnovénije), мьгнове́ние (mʹgnovénije), мегнове́ние (megnovénije)
      • Russian: мгнове́ние (mgnovénije), мгнове́нье (mgnovénʹje); мигнове́ние (mignovénije) (dialectal)
        • ⇒ Russian: мгнове́ннный (mgnovénnnyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: мьгновениѥ (mĭgnovenije)

    Glagolitic script: ⰿⱐⰳⱀⱁⰲⰵⱀⰺⰵ (mĭgnovenie)

  • Bulgarian: мигновѐние (mignovènie)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1994), “*mьgnovenьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 21 (*mъrskovatъjь – *nadějьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 97
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мгнове́ние”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress