Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From мрѣти (mrěti), from Proto-Slavic *merti, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
Verb
оумьрѣти • (umĭrěti) pf
- to die
- “ⱆⰿⱐⱃⰵⱅⱏ (leaf 95.5, line 9)”, in Codex Zographensis [Глаг. 1][1] (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Mk:7:10:
мѵси бо рече · чьти о꙯ца твоего ꙇ҅ м꙯рь твоѭ · ꙇ҅ иже зьлословитъ · о꙯ца ли м꙯рь · съмрътиѭ да ꙋмьретъ ·- müsi bo reče · čĭti o:ca tvojego hi m:rĭ tvojǫ · hi iže zĭloslovitŭ · o:ca li m:rĭ · sŭmrŭtijǫ da umĭretŭ ·
- For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
- from the Life of Good King Wencelaus:
Оумьръшоу же отьцоу ѥго, Братиславоу, поставишѧ Чеси кънѧза Вѧщеслава на столѣ дѣдьн҄и.- Umĭrŭšu že otĭcu jego, Bratislavu, postavišę Česi kŭnęza Vęšteslava na stolě dědĭnʹi.
- And when his father Bratislav died, the Czechs established Venceslav as prince upon his grandfather's throne.
Conjugation
Conjugation of оумрѣти (class IA1, intransitive)
| infinitive
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supine
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verbal noun
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оумрѣти umrěti
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оумрѣтъ umrětŭ
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оумрѣньѥ umrěnĭje
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| participles1
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present
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past
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| active
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оумьрꙑ umĭry
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оумьръ umĭrŭ
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| passive
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—
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—
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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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оумрьлъ umrĭlŭ
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оумрьло umrĭlo
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оумрьла umrĭla
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| dual
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оумрьла umrĭla
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оумрьлѣ umrĭlě
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оумрьлѣ umrĭlě
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| plural
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оумрьли umrĭli
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оумрьла umrĭla
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оумрьлꙑ umrĭly
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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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оумьрѫ umĭrǫ
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оумьрѣахъ umĭrěaxŭ
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—
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| 2nd
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оумьреши umĭreši
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оумьрѣаше umĭrěaše
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оумьри umĭri
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| 3rd
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оумьретъ umĭretŭ
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оумьрѣаше umĭrěaše
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оумьри umĭri
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| dual
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1st
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оумьревѣ umĭrevě
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оумьрѣаховѣ umĭrěaxově
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оумьрѣве umĭrěve
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| 2nd
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оумьрета umĭreta
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оумьрѣашета umĭrěašeta
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оумьрѣта umĭrěta
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| 3rd
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оумьрете, оумьрета umĭrete, umĭreta
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оумьрѣашете, оумьрѣашета umĭrěašete, umĭrěašeta
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—
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| plural
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1st
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оумьремъ umĭremŭ
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оумьрѣахомъ umĭrěaxomŭ
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оумьрѣмъ umĭrěmŭ
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| 2nd
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оумьрете umĭrete
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оумьрѣашете umĭrěašete
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оумьрѣте umĭrěte
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| 3rd
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оумьрѫтъ umĭrǫtŭ
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оумьрѣахѫ umĭrěaxǫ
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—
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ox-aorist5
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s-aorist6
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| singular
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1st
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оумьрохъ umĭroxŭ
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оумрѣхъ umrěxŭ
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| 2nd
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оумьре umĭre
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оумрѣ, оумрѣтъ umrě, umrětŭ
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| 3rd
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оумьре umĭre
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оумрѣ, оумрѣтъ umrě, umrětŭ
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| dual
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1st
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оумьроховѣ umĭroxově
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оумрѣховѣ umrěxově
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| 2nd
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оумьроста umĭrosta
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оумрѣста umrěsta
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| 3rd
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оумьросте, оумьроста umĭroste, umĭrosta
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оумрѣсте, оумрѣста umrěste, umrěsta
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| plural
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1st
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оумьрохомъ umĭroxomŭ
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оумрѣхомъ umrěxomŭ
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| 2nd
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оумьросте umĭroste
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оумрѣсте umrěste
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| 3rd
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оумьрошѧ umĭrošę
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оумрѣшѧ umrěšę
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| compound tenses
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| perfect2
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Use the l-participle of оумрѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → оумрьлъ ѥсмь
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| pluperfect2
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Use the l-participle of оумрѣти and the imperfective aorist or imperfect tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → оумрьлъ бѣхъ or оумрьлъ бѣахъ
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| future
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Use the infinitive of оумрѣти and the present tense of the auxiliary verb имѣти, хотѣти, начѧти or въчѧти e.g. first-person singular → имамь оумрѣти, хощѫ оумрѣти, начьнѫ оумрѣти or въчьнѫ оумрѣти
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| future perfect2, 3
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Use the l-participle of оумрѣти and the future tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → оумрьлъ бѫдѫ
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| conditional2
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Use the l-participle of оумрѣти and the conditional mood4 or perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb бꙑти e.g. first-person masculine singular → оумрьлъ бимь or оумрьлъ 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 new aorist.
6 Also called a sigmatic aorist.
This table shows the normalized inflected forms of оумрѣти. Some forms may be based on conjecture. See also Old Church Slavonic grammar § Verbs on WikipediaWikipedia .
References
- Бояджиев, Андрей (2016), Старобългарска читанка[2], София
Further reading
- “оумрѣти”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
- “оумрѣти”, in Исторически речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky", 2011–2022