Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ina
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Proto-Slavic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHneh₂. Cognate with Lithuanian -ynė, -iena (< *-eināˀ < *-eyneh₂). Compare Proto-Slavic *-inъ.
Suffix
edit*-ina f
- Denominal, forming collectives related to vital importance.
- Denominal, forming collectives denoting names of trees, woods and bushes.
- (by extension) Denominal, forming collective nouns that act as singulatives.
- *berza (“birch”) → *berzovina (“birch forest; birch”)
- *zvěrь (“animal”) → *zvěrina (“animals, game; animal”)
- Deadjectival, denoting a property or a result.
- *bělъ (“white”) → *bělina (“whiteness”)
- *blizъ (“close”) → *blizina (“closeness”), *bližina (“closeness”)
- *jьstъ (“true”) → *jьstina (“truth”)
- *novъ (“new”) → *novina (“novelty”)
- *bystrъ (“rapid, fast”) → *bystrina (“cleverness, quickness in thought”)
- *tixъ (“silent”) → *tišina (“silence”)
- *glǫbokъ (“deep”) → *glǫbina (“depth”)
- *čistъ (“clear, pure”) → *čistina (“purity”)
- Denominal, miscellaneous uses.
- Denominal, for expressive formations, usually of augmentative and pejorative connotation.
- Denominal or deverbal, forming agentive and action nouns.
- *gostь, *gostiti → *gostina (“hospitality”)
- *brat(r)ъ, *brat(r)iti sę → *bratina, *bratrina (“fraternity”)
Declension
editDeclension of *-ina (hard a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *-ina | *-ině | *-iny |
genitive | *-iny | *-inu | *-inъ |
dative | *-ině | *-inama | *-inamъ |
accusative | *-inǫ | *-ině | *-iny |
instrumental | *-inojǫ, *-inǫ** | *-inama | *-inami |
locative | *-ině | *-inu | *-inasъ, *-inaxъ* |
vocative | *-ino | *-ině | *-iny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Derived terms
editCategory Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-izna not found
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*-ina”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 120
- Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies[1] (in Slovene), volume 10, number 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32