Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čьjь

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

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kijas. Morphologically from *čь (“what”) +‎ *-jь (possessive suffix). Compare Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos).

Determiner

*čьjь

1. whose

Declension

Declension of *čьjь (soft pronominal)

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*čьjь	*čьja	*čьje
Accusative	*čьjь	*čьjǫ	*čьje
Genitive	*čьjego	*čьjeję̇	*čьjego
Locative	*čьjemь	*čьjeji	*čьjemь
Dative	*čьjemu	*čьjeji	*čьjemu
Instrumental	*čьjimь	*čьjejǫ	*čьjimь
Dual	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*čьja	*čьji	*čьji
Accusative	*čьja	*čьji	*čьji
Genitive	*čьjeju	*čьjeju	*čьjeju
Locative	*čьjeju	*čьjeju	*čьjeju
Dative	*čьjima	*čьjima	*čьjima
Instrumental	*čьjima	*čьjima	*čьjima
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*čьji	*čьję̇	*čьja
Accusative	*čьję̇	*čьję̇	*čьja
Genitive	*čьjixъ	*čьjixъ	*čьjixъ
Locative	*čьjixъ	*čьjixъ	*čьjixъ
Dative	*čьjimъ	*čьjimъ	*čьjimъ
Instrumental	*čьjimi	*čьjimi	*čьjimi

See also

• *jь, *čьjь, *jьnъ, *kъjь, *onъ, *ovъ, *sь, *tъ, *vьśь
• *jakъ, *jьnakъ, *kakъ, *onakъ, *ovakъ, *sicь, *takъ, *vьśakъ
• *koterъ, *jeterъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: чый (čyj)
  • Russian: чей (čej)
  • Ukrainian: чий (čyj)
  • Old Novgorodian: цьи (ćĭi)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: чии (čii)

    Glagolitic script: [Term?]

  • Bulgarian: чий (čij)
  • Macedonian: чиј (čij)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: чѝјӣ

    Latin script: čìjī

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čí
    • Czech: čí
      • Moravian (Mistřice): čí
  • Polish: czyj
  • Slovak: čí
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: čeji
    • Lower Sorbian: ceji

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чей”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress