Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-iťь

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Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Balto-Slavic innovation. Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-īt-jas. Cognates include Lithuanian -ytis, Latvian -ītis.

Suffix

*-iťь m

  1. Denominal, forming masculine attributables from action or agent nouns.
    *kъrma, *kъrmľa (“fodder, breast milk”) → *kъrmiťь (“nursling”)
    *batę (“elder brother”), *baťa (“father”) → *baťiťь (“son who resembles his father”)
  2. Denominal, forming masculine diminutives from masculine nouns.
    *kozьlъ (“billy goat”) → *kozьliťь (“kid goat”)
    *otrokъ (“boy”) → *otročiťь (“child”)
    *bogъ (“god”) → *božiťь (“juvenile god”)
    *pъta (“fowl”) → *pъtiťь (“birdie”)
  3. Denominal, forming patronyms and metronyms.
    Slovene: Janež → Janežič
  4. Denominal, forming demonyms.
    Russian: Москва (Moskva) → москвич (moskvič)
    Slovene: Celovec → Celovčič, Podgora → Podgorčič
    *dręgy, *dręgъve (“swamp”) → Russian Дреговичи (Dregoviči) (East Slavic tribe)
    *obъ Odrě (“around Oder”) → *obodriťь (“Obotrites”)
  5. Deadjectival, denoting a carrier of a property.
    *golъ (“naked”) → *goliťь (“something naked”)
    *bělъ (“white”) → *běliťь (“something white”)
  6. (by extension) Denoting a carrier of a property but with a diminutive meaning through a parallel word formation from deadjectival nouns and adjectives.
    *moldъ (“young”), *moldę (“youngling”) → *moldiťь (“youngling”)

Declension

Declension of *-iťь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-iťь *-iťa *-iťi
genitive *-iťa *-iťu *-iťь
dative *-iťu *-iťema *-iťemъ
accusative *-iťь *-iťa *-iťę̇
instrumental *-iťьmь, *-iťemь* *-iťema *-iťi
locative *-iťi *-iťu *-iťixъ
vocative *-iťu *-iťa *-iťi
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-iťь

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -ичь (-ičĭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: -иць (-ićĭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies‎ (in Slovene), volume 10, number 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32
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