Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьja

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-yeh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).

Suffix

*-ьja f

  1. Denominal, forming collective nouns or abstract nouns with hyperbolic conotation
    *bratrьja / *bratьja (“brothers, brotherhood”) ← *bratrъ / *bratъ (“brother”)
    *čudesьja (“marvel”) ← *čudo (“miracle”)
    *sěmьja
  2. (Regional, colloquial) From abstract nouns in *-ota, forming apologetic abstract nouns. Equivalent to *-otьja

Declension

Declension of *-ьja (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-ьja *-ьji *-ьję̇
genitive *-ьję̇ *-ьju *-ьjь
dative *-ьji *-ьjama *-ьjamъ
accusative *-ьjǫ *-ьji *-ьję̇
instrumental *-ьjejǫ, *-ьjǫ** *-ьjama *-ьjami
locative *-ьji *-ьju *-ьjasъ, *-ьjaxъ*
vocative *-ьje *-ьji *-ьję̇
* -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).

See also

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ьja

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -ьꙗ (-ĭja), -иꙗ (-ija)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: -ьꙗ (-ĭja), -иꙗ (-ija)
      Glagolitic script: -ⱐⱑ (-ĭě), -ⰻⱑ (-iě)
    • Bulgarian: -ия (-ija)
    • Macedonian:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: -ија; allomorphic: -ћа (<* -t-ьja), -шћа (<* -st-ьja) -ња (< *-n-ьja), -ља (< *-l-ьja)
      Latin script: -ija; allomorphic: -ća (<* -t-ьja), -šća (<* -st-ьja) -nja (< *-n-ьja), -lja (< *-l-ьja)
    • Slovene:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech:
      • Czech:
    • Kashubian:
    • Polish: -a
    • Slovak:
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