Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьcь
Proto-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
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 Proto-Germanic *-igaz, Latin -icus, Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós). Typically, these suffixes fulfill adjectival function (similar to Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ), however, sometimes their derivatives could also act as nominals like in Slavic.
SuffixEdit
*-ьcь m
- Forms diminutives from nouns.
- Forms nouns from adjectives denoting persons having the specified property.
- Forms agent nouns from verbs.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of *-ьcь (soft o-stem)
See alsoEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further readingEdit
- Šekli, Matej (2012) , “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies[1] (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)[2], Helsinki: University of Helsinki, page 70f
- ^ Brugmann, Karl. (1916) Grundriss der vergleichenden Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen: II. Lehre von den Wortformen und ihrem Gebrauch, 1. Allgemeines, Zusammensetzung (Komposita), Nominalstämme. Strassburg., pp. 487–491