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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is , from Proto-Indo-European *-is . Cognate with Lithuanian -is , Old Prussian -is .
Suffix
*-ь f
Forms nouns:
From adjectives
Synonyms: *-ina , *-ota , *-yni
*glǫbь ← *glǫbъ ( “ deep ” )
*golь ← *golъ ( “ naked, nude, bare; bald ” )
*bělь ← *bělъ ( “ white ” )
*glušь ← *gluxъ ( “ deaf ” )
*moldь ← *moldъ ( “ young ” )
*krasьnь ← *krasьnъ ( “ beautiful ” )
*četvьrtь ( “ quarter ” ) ← *četvьrtъ ( “ fourth ” )
From participles
Synonyms: *-ina , *-ica , *-ъka , *-ъkъ , *-ьcь
*kopanь ← *kopanъ ← *kopati ( “ to dig ” )
*oranь ← *oranъ ← *orati ( “ to plow/plough ” )
*dьranь ← *dьranъ ← *dьrati ( “ to tear, flay ” )
*opuxlь ← *opuxlъ ← *opuxnǫti
*orsědlь ← *orsědlъ ← *orsěsti
From verbs
Synonym: *-ъ
*obuvь ( “ footwear ” ) ← **obovь ← *obuti ( “ to put on footwear ” )
*blędь ← *blęsti (pres. *blędǫ )
*gręzь ← *gręzti (pres. *gręzǫ )
*rěčь ← *reťi ( “ to say ” ) (pres. *rekǫ )
*mazь ← *mazati ( “ to smear ” ) (pres. *mažǫ )
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
Descendants
In many descendants this suffix became inseparable, see also derived terms.
East Slavic:
Old East Slavic: -ь ( -ĭ )
Old Ruthenian: -ь ( -ʹ )
Belarusian: -ь ( -ʹ )
Ukrainian: -ь ( -ʹ )
Russian: -ь ( -ʹ )
South Slavic:
Old Church Slavonic: -ь ( -ĭ )
Further reading
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1979 ), “*glǫbь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva ), Moscow: Nauka, page 144
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1980 ), “*golь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati ), Moscow: Nauka, page 16
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1975 ), “*bělь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ ), Moscow: Nauka, page 84
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1979 ), “*glušь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva ), Moscow: Nauka, page 154
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1992 ), “*moldь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 179
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1984 ), “*kopanь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 11 (*konьcь – *kotьna(ja) ), Moscow: Nauka, page 16
Trubachyov, O. , Zhuravlyov, A. F. , editors (2005 ), “*oranь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 104
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1978 ), “*dьranь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь ), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (2002 ), “*obpuxlь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 34
Zhuravlyov, A. F. , editor (2008 ), “*orzsědlь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 34 (*orzmajь – *orzstegajь ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 249
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (2003 ), “*obuvь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 252
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1975 ), “*blędь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ ), Moscow: Nauka, page 114
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1980 ), “*gręzь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati ), Moscow: Nauka, page 125
Trubachyov, Oleg , editor (1992 ), “*mazь ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 18 (*matoga – *mękyšьka ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN , page 34