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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sujь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Usually compared with Latin cavus (“hollow”), Sanskrit शून्य (śūnya, “empty, baren”), Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”), Old Armenian սոր (sor, “hole”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewH- (“to get hollow”). May be further related to Proto-Slavic *sovati (“to shove”) (of undetermined origin).
Sometimes, also compared with Lithuanian sáuja (“handful”), Latvian saũja (“handful”).
Adjective
*sùjь[1]
- vain, futile
Inflection
Accent paradigm a.
Indefinite declension of *sujь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sujь | *suja | *suje |
| Accusative | *sujь | *sujǫ | *suje |
| Genitive | *suja | *suję | *suja |
| Locative | *suji | *suji | *suji |
| Dative | *suju | *suji | *suju |
| Instrumental | *sujemь | *sujejǫ | *sujemь |
| Vocative | *suju | *suje | *suje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *suja | *suji | *suji |
| Accusative | *suja | *suji | *suji |
| Genitive | *suju | *suju | *suju |
| Locative | *suju | *suju | *suju |
| Dative | *sujema | *sujama | *sujema |
| Instrumental | *sujema | *sujama | *sujema |
| Vocative | *suja | *suji | *suji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *suji | *suję | *suja |
| Accusative | *suję | *suję | *suja |
| Genitive | *sujь | *sujь | *sujь |
| Locative | *sujixъ | *sujaxъ | *sujixъ |
| Dative | *sujemъ | *sujamъ | *sujemъ |
| Instrumental | *suji | *sujami | *suji |
| Vocative | *suji | *suję | *suja |
Definite declension of *sujь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sujьjь | *sujaja | *sujeje |
| Accusative | *sujьjь | *sujǫjǫ | *sujeje |
| Genitive | *sujajego | *sujęję | *sujajego |
| Locative | *sujijemь | *sujiji | *sujijemь |
| Dative | *sujujemu | *sujiji | *sujujemu |
| Instrumental | *sujijimi | *sujǫjǫ | *sujijimi |
| Vocative | *sujьjь | *sujaja | *sujeje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sujaja | *sujiji | *sujiji |
| Accusative | *sujaja | *sujiji | *sujiji |
| Genitive | *sujuju | *sujuju | *sujuju |
| Locative | *sujuju | *sujuju | *sujuju |
| Dative | *sujijima | *sujijima | *sujijima |
| Instrumental | *sujijima | *sujijima | *sujijima |
| Vocative | *sujaja | *sujiji | *sujiji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *sujiji | *sujęję | *sujaja |
| Accusative | *sujęję | *sujęję | *sujaja |
| Genitive | *sujьjixъ | *sujьjixъ | *sujьjixъ |
| Locative | *sujijixъ | *sujijixъ | *sujijixъ |
| Dative | *sujijimъ | *sujijimъ | *sujijimъ |
| Instrumental | *sujijimi | *sujijimi | *sujijimi |
| Vocative | *sujiji | *sujęję | *sujaja |
Derived terms
- *sujьma, *sujеmьje (“anxiety”)
- *sujeta (“vanity”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: суи (sui)
- ⇒ Russian: суе (suje), всу́е (vsúje) (adverb)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: всує (vsuje) (adverb)
- Old East Slavic: суи (sui)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: соуи (sui)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: суе- (sue-), всу́е (vsúe) (adverb)
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “суе”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “суета”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 556
- всує in Горох.ua (етимологія)
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sujь suja suje”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 123; PR 133)”