mȋgъ

mȋgъ Grammatical information: m. o Accent paradigm: c Proto-Slavic meaning: `blink, moment'

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Russian:

mig `blink, moment' [m o], míga [Gens]

Czech:

mih `wink, twinkle, moment' [m o]

Slovak:

mih `wink, twinkle, moment' [m o]

Serbo-Croatian:

mȋg `moment, gesture' [m o], mȋga [Gens]

Slovene:

mȋg `moment, wink' [m o]

Bulgarian:

mȋg `moment' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: mig-

Lithuanian:

miẽgas `sleep' [m o] 4

Latvian:

mìegs `sleep' [m o]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₃meigʰ-

IE meaning: flicker, blink

Certainty: +

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Other cognates:

Skt. meghá- (RV) `cloud, gloomy weather'

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Notes:

\{1\} For a discussion about the relationship between this root and the root of *h₃migʰ-leh₂ see s.v. *mьglà .