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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьcь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 earlier *-ьkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *-ikos. Comparison with other languages points to the antiquity of denominal formations, which are most likely substantivized adjectives.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) (adjectival, corresponding semantically to *-ьnъ, the adjectival equivalent of *-ьcь)

Suffix

*-ьcь m

  1. Denominal, forming diminutives.
    *rogъ (“horn”) → *rožьcь (“a small horn”)
    *obolkъ (“cloud”) → *obolčьcь (“a small cloud”)
    *gordъ (“city, town”) → *gordьcь (“a small town”)
  2. Deadjectival, denoting persons having the specified property.
    *bordatъ (“bearded”) → *bordatьcь (“a bearded man”)
    *starъ (“old”) → *starьcь (“an old man”)
    *mǫdrъ (“wise”) → *mǫdrьcь (“a wise man”)
  3. Deverbal (from the stem), forming agent nouns.
    *plęsati (“to dance”) → *plęsьcь (“dancer”)
    *loviti (“to hunt”) → *lovьcь (“hunter”)
    *gǫdti > *gǫsti (“to play a string instrument”) → *gǫdьcь (“musician”)

Declension
Declension of *-ьcь (soft o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *-ьcь *-ьca *-ьci
Accusative *-ьcь *-ьca *-ьcę̇
Genitive *-ьca *-ьcu *-ьcь
Locative *-ьci *-ьcu *-ьcixъ
Dative *-ьcu *-ьcema *-ьcemъ
Instrumental *-ьcьmь, *-ьcemь* *-ьcema *-ьci
Vocative *-ьče *-ьca *-ьci
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

See also

Derived terms
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Synonyms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -ьць (-ĭcĭ)
      • Belarusian: -ец (-jec)
      • Russian: -ец (-ec)
      • Ukrainian: -ець (-ecʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: -ьць (-ĭcĭ)
      Glagolitic: -ⱐⱌⱐ (-ĭcĭ)
    • Bulgarian: -ец (-ec)
    • Macedonian: -ец (-ec)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -ац
      Latin: -ac
    • Slovene: -ec

Further reading
  • 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 70f
  1. Brugmann, Karl. (21916) Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen: II. Lehre von den Wortformen und ihrem Gebrauch, 1. Allgemeines, Zusammensetzung (Komposita), Nominalstämme. Strassburg., pp. 487–491
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