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Proto-Slavic
- (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
* 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
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