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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-tьje

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

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

  1. Deverbal, forming action nouns.
    *žiti (“to live”) → *žitьje (“life”)
    *byti (“to be”) → *bytьje (“being”)
    *bez (“witout”) + *sъmerti (“to die naturally”) → *bezsъmьrtьje (“immortality”)
  2. 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)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: -тиѥ (-tije)
      Glagolitic: -ⱅⰹⱑ (tije)
    • Bulgarian: -тие (-tie)
    • Macedonian: -тие (-tie)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -ће
      Latin: -će
    • Slovene: -tje
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: -tie
      • Czech: -tí
    • Kashubian: -cié
    • Polish: -cie
    • Slovak: -tie
    • Slovincian: -cė
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: -śe
      • Upper Sorbian: -će

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
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