Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mьžuriti

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

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Verb

*mьžuriti

1. to squint

Inflection

Conjugation of *mьžuriti, *mьžuri, *mьžuritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*mьžuřenьje	*mьžuriti	*mьžuritъ	*mьžurilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*mьžuřenъ	*mьžurimъ
Active	*mьžuřь	*mьžurę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьžurixъ	*mьžuri	*mьžuri	*mьžuřǫ	*mьžuriši	*mьžuritь
Dual	*mьžurixově	*mьžurista	*mьžuriste	*mьžurivě	*mьžurita	*mьžurite
Plural	*mьžurixomъ	*mьžuriste	*mьžurišę	*mьžurimъ	*mьžurite	*mьžurętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*mьžuřaaxъ	*mьžuřaaše	*mьžuřaaše	—	*mьžuri	*mьžuri
Dual	*mьžuřaaxově	*mьžuřaašeta	*mьžuřaašete	*mьžurivě	*mьžurita	—
Plural	*mьžuřaaxomъ	*mьžuřaašete	*mьžuřaaxǫ	*mьžurimъ	*mьžurite	—

Notes:
• (*)*mьžurivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: жму́рыць (žmúrycʹ)
  • Russian: жмурить (žmuritʹ)
  • Ukrainian: жму́рити (žmúryty), мру́жити (mrúžyty)
• South Slavic
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: жму́рити

  • Slovene: žmúriti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic
  • Czech: mžourat
  • Polish: mrużyć
  • Slovak: žmúriť

Further reading

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