Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-iťь
Proto-SlavicEdit
EtymologyEdit
Balto-Slavic innovation. Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īt-i̯o-. Cognates include Lithuanian -ytis, Latvian -ītis.
SuffixEdit
*-iťь m
- Denominal, forming masculine attributables from action or agent nouns.
- Denominal, forming masculine diminutives from masculine nouns.
- Denominal, forming patronyms and metronyms.
- Denominal, forming demonyms.
- Deadjectival, denoting a carrier of a property.
- (by extension) Denoting a carrier of a property but with a diminutive meaning through a parallel word formation from deadjectival nouns and adjectives.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of *-iťь (soft o-stem)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
ReferencesEdit
- 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