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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-tьje
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Compounded from the past participle suffix *-t- and *-ьje. Originally it is therefore a deadjectival variant of *-ьje, denoting a state, condition, or property.
Suffix
*-tьje n
- Deverbal, forming action nouns.
- *žiti (“to live”) → *žitьje (“life”)
- *byti (“to be”) → *bytьje (“being”)
- *bez (“witout”) + *sъmerti (“to die naturally”) → *bezsъmьrtьje (“immortality”)
- Deverbal, forming resultant nouns.
- *ěsti (“to eat”) → *ěstьje (“dish, food”)
- *dati (“to give”) → *datьje (“task, assignment”)
- *začęti (“to beget”) → *začętьje (“conception”)
Declension
Declension of *-tьje (soft o-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *-tьje | *-tьji | *-tьja |
Accusative | *-tьje | *-tьji | *-tьja |
Genitive | *-tьja | *-tьju | *-tьjь |
Locative | *-tьji | *-tьju | *-tьjixъ |
Dative | *-tьju | *-tьjema | *-tьjemъ |
Instrumental | *-tьjьmь, *-tьjemь* | *-tьjema | *-tьji |
Vocative | *-tьje | *-tьji | *-tьja |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -тие (-tie), -тиѥ (-tije)
- Belarusian: -ццё (-ccjo), -цце (-ccje), -це (-cje)
- Russian: -тие (-tije), -тье (-tʹje), -тьё (-tʹjó)
- Ukrainian: -ття (-ttja), -тя (-tja)
- Old East Slavic: -тие (-tie), -тиѥ (-tije)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: -тиѥ (-tije)
- Glagolitic: -ⱅⰹⱑ (-tiě)
- Bulgarian: -тие (-tie)
- Macedonian: -тие (-tie)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: -ће
- Latin: -će
- Slovene: -tje
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: -tie
- Czech: -tí
- Kashubian: -cié
- Polish: -cie
- Slovak: -tie
- Slovincian: -cė
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: -śe
- Upper Sorbian: -će
- Old Czech: -tie
References
- Šekli, Matej (2012), “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies (in Slovene), volume 10, issue 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki, page 75f