Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьce
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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
Reflects Proto-Indo-European *-ikóm, a neuter counter-part to Proto-Slavic *-ьcь m, Proto-Slavic *-ьca f.
Suffix
*-ьce n
- Denominal, forms diminutives from neutral nouns.
- *moldę (“cub, baby”) → *moldętьce (“puppy, kitten, little one, etc.”)
- *město (“city, place, space, room”) → *městьce (“small town, tiny space/room”)
- *okъno (“window”) → *okъnьce (“small window”)
- *pero (“feather”) → *perьce (“plumule”)
- *nebo (“heaven”) → *nebьce (“palate”)
- *aje (“ovum, egg”) → *ajьce (“egg”)
- Structural formant, without a base noun to synchronically derive from.
Usage notes
When appended to *-ę or *-mę stems, the nt-/n-stem clears out, e.g.:
- *dětę (“child”) → *dětenьce (“small child”)
- *znamę (“flag, token”) → *znamenьce (“small flag, token”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-ьce | *-ьci | *-ьca |
| genitive | *-ьca | *-ьcu | *-ьcь |
| dative | *-ьcu | *-ьcema | *-ьcemъ |
| accusative | *-ьce | *-ьci | *-ьca |
| instrumental | *-ьcьmь, *-ьcemь* | *-ьcema | *-ьci |
| locative | *-ьci | *-ьcu | *-ьcixъ |
| vocative | *-ьce | *-ьci | *-ьca |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic: