Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ějь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ějь

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 *-ēˀjas, derived from stative/essive verb stems Proto-Slavic *-ěti + *-ъ.

Cognate with Latvian -ējs, Lithuanian -ėjas.[1]

Suffix

*-ějь m

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

   *zъlodějь (“evil-doer”) ← *zъlъ (“bad, evil”) + *děti (“to do”)

2. Deverbal from essive verbs inflecting in *-jati. Similar in sense to -er, -ant:

   *sъlučajь (“occasion”) ← *sъlučati (“to happen”)

Declension

Declension of *-ějь (soft o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*-ějь	*-ěja	*-ěji
Accusative	*-ějь	*-ěja	*-ěję̇
Genitive	*-ěja	*-ěju	*-ějь
Locative	*-ěji	*-ěju	*-ějixъ
Dative	*-ěju	*-ějema	*-ějemъ
Instrumental	*-ějьmь, *-ějemь*	*-ějema	*-ěji
Vocative	*-ěju	*-ěja	*-ěji

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

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ějь

References

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