Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-tь
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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
Alternative forms
- (palatalized form when the verbal root ends in velar consonant): *-ťь
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-tis.
Suffix
*-tь f
- Deverbative, creates nouns denoting act, state, objects or tools.
- *merti (“to die”) → *sъmьrtь (“death”)
- *mogti > *moťi (“to be able to, can”) → *mogtь > *moťь (“power, strength”)
- *pekti > *peťi (“to bake”) → *pektь > *peťь (“furnace”)
- *padti > *pasti (“to fall”) → *padtь >*pastь (“trap”)
- *mazati (“to grease”) → *maztь > *mastь (“ointment”)
- *dē- (“to suck”) > *dětь (“child”)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-tь | *-ti | *-ti |
| genitive | *-ti | *-tьju, *-ťu* | *-tьjь, *-ti* |
| dative | *-ti | *-tьma | *-tьmъ |
| accusative | *-tь | *-ti | *-ti |
| instrumental | *-tьjǫ, *-ťǫ* | *-tьma | *-tьmi |
| locative | *-ti | *-tьju, *-ťu* | *-tьxъ |
| vocative | *-ti | *-ti | *-ti |
* 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
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
Further reading
- С. М. Шур (1963) “К истории славянского именного типа с суффиксом -*tĭ”, in Вопросы славянского языкознания, number 7, Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences Publishing House, page 82