# молити
## Moksha
### Noun

молити • (moliti)
* definite singular dative of моли (moli)

## Old Church Slavonic
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

### Verb

молити • (moliti) impf
* to ask for
* to beg
** from Slavonic Josephus, книга 6, 460в:
    молѧхꙋтсѧ да оулꙋчѧть ѿ него сп҃сение. титъ же рече имъ врѣмѧ прошенїѧ миноуло. [...] и тако рекъ повелѣ мꙋчити и, и би ѧ.molęxutsę da ulučętĭ otŭ nego sp:senie. titŭ že reče imŭ vrěmę prošenię minulo. [...] i tako rekŭ povelě mučiti i, i bi ę.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to pray
** from the Homily against the Bogumils, 192-196:
    нъ чьто глаголѭтъ еретици мꙑ паче васъ бога молимъ и бъдимъ и молимъ сѧ а не живемъ въ лѣности ꙗкоже и вꙑnŭ čĭto glagoljǫtŭ eretici my pače vasŭ boga molimŭ i bŭdimŭ i molimŭ sę a ne živemŭ vŭ lěnosti jakože i vyWhat do the heretics say? ‘We pray to God more than you do, we keep vigils and prayers, we do not live in laziness as you do.’

#### Conjugation

present tense of молити (moliti) :
| singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | singular | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | dual | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural | plural |
| азъ (azŭ) | азъ (azŭ) | тꙑ (ty) | тꙑ (ty) | тъ (tŭ) | тъ (tŭ) | вѣ (vě) | вѣ (vě) | ва (va) | ва (va) | та (ta) | та (ta) | мꙑ (my) | мꙑ (my) | вꙑ (vy) | вꙑ (vy) | ти (ti) | ти (ti) |
| молѭ (moljǫ) | молѭ (moljǫ) | молиши (moliši) | молиши (moliši) | молитъ (molitŭ) | молитъ (molitŭ) | моливѣ (molivě) | моливѣ (molivě) | молита (molita) | молита (molita) | молите (molite) | молите (molite) | молимъ (molimŭ) | молимъ (molimŭ) | молите (molite) | молите (molite) | молѭтъ (moljǫtŭ) | молѭтъ (moljǫtŭ) |

#### Derived terms

* мольба (molĭba)
* молитва (molitva)

### References

* S. C. Gardiner, Old church Slavonic: an elementary grammar, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
* Бояджиев, Андрей (2016) Старобългарска читанка‎, София

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǒliti/
* Hyphenation: мо‧ли‧ти

### Verb

мо̀лити impf (Latin spelling mòliti)
* (transitive) to ask, request
* (reflexive) to pray

#### Derived terms

* замо̀лити
* измо̀лити
* умо̀лити

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old Ukrainian молити (moliti), from Old East Slavic молити (moliti), from Proto-Slavic *modliti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maldī́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mɔˈɫɪte]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

моли́ти • (molýty) impf
* to implore, to entreat, to beseech
* to pray, to beg

#### Derived terms

* вимо́лювати impf (vymóljuvaty), ви́молити pf (výmolyty)
* відмо́лювати impf (vidmóljuvaty), відмоли́ти pf (vidmolýty)
* замо́лювати impf (zamóljuvaty), вимоли́ти pf (vymolýty)
* умоли́ти pf (umolýty)
* моли́тися (molýtysja)
* мольба́ (molʹbá)
* моле́бний (molébnyj)
* моле́бен (molében)
* моли́тва (molýtva)
* невмоли́мий (nevmolýmyj)

### Further reading

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “молити”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “молити”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “молити”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* “молити”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)