Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/migъ

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

It can be analyzed аs a verbal noun of *migati.

Noun

*migъ m

  1. blink, moment

Inflection

Declension of *migъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *migъ *miga *midzi
genitive *miga *migu *migъ
dative *migu *migoma *migomъ
accusative *migъ *miga *migy
instrumental *migъmь, *migomь* *migoma *migy
locative *midzě *migu *midzěxъ
vocative *miže *miga *midzi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: мiг (mih)
    • Russian: миг (mig)
    • Ukrainian: миг (myh)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: миг (mig)
    • Macedonian: миг (mig)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ми̑г
      Latin script: mȋg
    • Slovene: mȋg (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*migъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 30
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “миг”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress