Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьněti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *minḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *men-.
Verb
мьнѣти • (mĭněti) impf
- (ambitransitive) to think, to assume, to believe
(Can we date this quote?), Homily against the Bogumils, 1218-1222:такъ бо ѥстъ обꙑчаи диꙗволоу и ослѣплꙗѥтъ очи и оумалꙗѥтъ грѣхъ да творѧщеи зълаꙗ мьнѧтъ сѧ не творѧщеи зъла ничесоже- takŭ bo jestŭ obyčai dijavolu i oslěpljajetŭ oči i umaljajetŭ grěxŭ da tvoręštei zŭlaja mĭnętŭ sę ne tvoręštei zŭla ničesože
- Such is the habit of the devil; he blinds the eyes and shrinks sin, so that those who do evil think they are doing nothing wrong.
- (transitive) to consider [with accusative ‘somebody/something’ and accusative ‘to be somebody/something’]
- (reflexive, impersonal) it seems [with dative]
Conjugation
Conjugation of мьнѣти (class II2, ambitransitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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мьнѣти
mĭněti
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мьнѣтъ
mĭnětŭ
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мьнѣньѥ
mĭněnĭje
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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мьнѧ
mĭnę
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мьнѣвъ
mĭněvŭ
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| passive
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мьнимъ
mĭnimŭ
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мьнѣнъ
mĭněnŭ
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| l-participle
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masculine
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neuter
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feminine
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| singular
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мьнѣлъ
mĭnělŭ
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мьнѣло
mĭnělo
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мьнѣла
mĭněla
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| dual
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мьнѣла
mĭněla
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мьнѣлѣ
mĭnělě
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мьнѣлѣ
mĭnělě
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| plural
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мьнѣли
mĭněli
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мьнѣла
mĭněla
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мьнѣлꙑ
mĭněly
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present
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imperfect
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imperative
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| singular
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1st
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мьн҄ѭ
mĭnʹjǫ
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мьнѣахъ
mĭněaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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мьниши
mĭniši
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мьнѣаше
mĭněaše
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мьни
mĭni
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| 3rd
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мьнитъ
mĭnitŭ
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мьнѣаше
mĭněaše
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мьни
mĭni
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| dual
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1st
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мьнивѣ
mĭnivě
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мьнѣаховѣ
mĭněaxově
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мьнивѣ
mĭnivě
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| 2nd
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мьнита
mĭnita
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мьнѣашета
mĭněašeta
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мьнита
mĭnita
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| 3rd
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мьните, мьнита
mĭnite, mĭnita
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мьнѣашете, мьнѣашета
mĭněašete, mĭněašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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мьнимъ
mĭnimŭ
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мьнѣахомъ
mĭněaxomŭ
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мьнимъ
mĭnimŭ
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| 2nd
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мьните
mĭnite
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мьнѣашете
mĭněašete
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мьните
mĭnite
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| 3rd
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мьнѧтъ
mĭnętŭ
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мьнѣахѫ
mĭněaxǫ
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—
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s-aorist5
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| singular
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1st
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мьнѣхъ
mĭněxŭ
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| 2nd
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мьнѣ
mĭně
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| 3rd
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мьнѣ
mĭně
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| dual
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1st
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мьнѣховѣ
mĭněxově
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| 2nd
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мьнѣста
mĭněsta
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| 3rd
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мьнѣсте, мьнѣста
mĭněste, mĭněsta
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| plural
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1st
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мьнѣхомъ
mĭněxomŭ
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| 2nd
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мьнѣсте
mĭněste
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| 3rd
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мьнѣшѧ
mĭněšę
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| compound tenses
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ ѥсмь
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ бѣхъ or мьнѣлъ бѣахъ
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| future
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Use the infinitive of мьнѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти
e.g. first-person singular → имамь мьнѣти, хощѫ мьнѣти, начьнѫ мьнѣти or въчьнѫ мьнѣти
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| future perfect2, 3
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Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ бѫдѫ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of мьнѣти and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти
e.g. first-person masculine singular → мьнѣлъ бимь or мьнѣлъ бꙑхъ
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1 For declension of participles, see their entries.
2 Except first/second-person neuter.
3 Attested only in a few instances.
4 The dual forms are unattested.
5 Also called a sigmatic aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of мьнѣти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .
Derived terms
- помьнѣти impf or pf (pomĭněti)
Descendants
Further reading
- “мьнѣти”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
- “мьнѣти [сѧ]”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022