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my Old Church Slavonic is pretty rusty (well, nonexistent), but "mnogo" looks like modern Russian много (many), and the -imi I guess would be instrumental plura
by sterlind 4y ago
my Old Church Slavonic is pretty rusty (well, nonexistent), but "mnogo" looks like modern Russian много (many), and the -imi I guess would be instrumental plural like -ими? but Russian for "eye" is глаз or око. I'm guessing oč -> око, and it's a compound word? or is the č an infix, something like "ogo" is eye, and mnogoočimi is such because the two -og-s (one from mnog and the other from go) fuse because "mnogoögočimi" would be awkward to pronounce?
- generationP 4y agoPretty sure it is mnogo-oči-tii. The word "oči" still means "eyes" (although mostly in poetry).