Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-tьje

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 *-t- and *-ьje. Originally it is therefore a deadjectival variant of *-ьje, denoting a state, condition, or property.

*-tьje n

1. Deverbal, forming action nouns.

   *žiti (“to live”) → *žitьje (“life”)

   *byti (“to be”) → *bytьje (“being”)

   *bez (“witout”) + *sъmerti (“to die naturally”) → *bezsъmьrtьje (“immortality”)

2. Deverbal, forming resultant nouns.

   *ěsti (“to eat”) → *ěstьje (“dish, food”)

   *dati (“to give”) → *datьje (“task, assignment”)

   *začęti (“to beget”) → *začętьje (“conception”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -тие (-tije), -тиѥ (-tije)
    • Belarusian: -ццё (-ccjo), -цце (-ccje), -це (-cje)
    • Russian: -тие (-tije), -тье (-tʹje), -тьё (-tʹjó)
    • Ukrainian: -ття (-ttja), -тя (-tja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: -тиѥ (-tije)

    Glagolitic: -ⱅⰹⱑ (-tiě)

  • Bulgarian: -тие (-tie)
  • Macedonian: -тие (-tie)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -ће

    Latin script: -će

  • Slovene: -tje
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -tie
    • Czech: -tí
  • Kashubian: -cié
  • Polish: -cie
  • Slovak: -tie
  • Slovincian: -cé
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: -śe
    • Upper Sorbian: -će

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