Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-nьje

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.

Compounded from the past participle suffix *-n- and *-ьje. Originally it is therefore a deadjectival variant of *-ьje, denoting a state, condition, or property.

*-nьje n

1. Deverbal, forming action nouns.

   *dělati (“to do, act”) → *dělanьje (“work”)

   *pьsati (“to write”) → *pьsanьje (“writing; that which is written”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -ние (-nije)
    • Old Ruthenian: -нье (-nʹje)
    • Russian: -ние (-nije), -нье (-nʹje), -ньё (-nʹjó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: -ньѥ (-nĭje)

    Glagolitic: -ⱀⱐⰵ (-nĭe)

  • Bulgarian: -ние (-nie), -не (-ne)
  • Macedonian: -ње (-nje), -ние (-nie)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -ње

    Latin script: -nje

  • Slovene: -nje
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -nie
    • Czech: -ní
  • Kashubian: -nié
  • Polabian: -nĕ
  • Old Polish: -enie
    • Polish: -enie
  • Slovak: -nie
  • Slovincian: -njé
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: -ńe, -nje

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• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki, page 75f