Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ь
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is, from Proto-Indo-European *-is. Cognate with Lithuanian -is, Old Prussian -is.
Suffix edit
*-ь f Forms nouns:
- From adjectives
- From participles
- From verbs
Declension edit
Declension of *-ь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *-ь | *-i | *-i |
genitive | *-i | *-ьju, *-ju* | *-ьjь, *-i* |
dative | *-i | *-ьma | *-ьmъ |
accusative | *-ь | *-i | *-i |
instrumental | *-ьjǫ, *-jǫ* | *-ьma | *-ьmi |
locative | *-i | *-ьju, *-ju* | *-ьxъ |
vocative | *-i | *-i | *-i |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
In many descendants this suffix became inseparable, see also derived terms.
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: -ь (-ĭ)
Further reading edit
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glǫbь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*golь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 16
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*glušь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 154
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*moldь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 179
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1984), “*kopanь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja)), Moscow: Nauka, page 16
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*oranь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 104
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dьranь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obpuxlь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 34
- Zhuravlyov, A. F., editor (2008), “*orzsědlь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 34 (*orzmajь – *orzstegajь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 249
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obuvь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 252
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*blędь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gręzь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “*mazь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 34