Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ajь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ajь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀjas, derived from factive verb stems Proto-Slavic *-ati + *-ъ.

Cognate with Latvian -ājs, Lithuanian -ojas in giedótajas (“singer”) (< giedóti), darýtojas (< darýti).[1]

Suffix

*-ajь m

1. Deverbal from factive verbs inflecting in *-ati. Similar in sense to -er, -ant:

   *ortajь (“peon, servant”) ← *ortati (“to struggle”)

   *xodatajь (“solicitor”) ← *xodatati (“to mediate”)

   *golšatajь (“herald, announcer”) ← *golšatati (“to utter”)

Declension

Declension of *-ajь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*-ajь	*-aja	*-aji
Accusative	*-ajь	*-aja	*-aję̇
Genitive	*-aja	*-aju	*-ajь
Locative	*-aji	*-aju	*-ajixъ
Dative	*-aju	*-ajema	*-ajemъ
Instrumental	*-ajьmь, *-ajemь*	*-ajema	*-aji
Vocative	*-aju	*-aja	*-aji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ajь

References

1. Otrębski, Jan (1964), “Славяно-балтийское языковое единство. II. Морфологические явления”, in Вопросы языкознания, issue 6, Москва: Издательство Академии наук СССР, page 28