Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьje
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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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the neuter form of *-ьjь (See Etymology 2), from *-ь + *-jь.
Akin to deverbal suffixes *-nьje and *-tьje. However, comparison with other Indo-European languages indicates archaicity of denominal formations, which are most likely substantivized adjectives. Compare
- Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “dream”) → ἐνύπνιον (enúpnion, “dreaming”) = Common Slavic *sъnъ → *sъnьje
- Latin ōs, ōris (“mouth”) → ōstium (“estuary, river mouth”) = Common Slavic *usta → *ustьje
Suffix
[edit]*-ьje n
- Denominal, forming collective nouns
- *ostrovъ (“island”) → *ostrovьje (“archipelago”)
- *jedla (“spruce, fir”) → *jedlьje (“fir forest”)
- *dǫbъ (“oak”) → *dǫbьje (“oaks”)
- *kamy, *kamene- (“stone”) → *kamenьje (“stones, rocks”)
- Deverbal (from past participle), forming action nouns
- *dati → *datъ / *danъ → *datьje / *danьje
- (*obrětti >) *obrěsti → *obrětenъ → *obrětenьje
- *kovati → *kovanъ → *kovanьje
- *kъrmiti → *kъrmljenъ → *kъrmljenьje
- (*ostojěti >) *ostojati → *ostojanъ → *ostojanьje
- Denominal, forming nouns denoting various concepts
- Structural formant, without a base noun to synchronically derive from
- *zna-mę, *zna-men- (“sign, signal, mark”) → *znamenьje (“signs, signals, marks”)
- Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a property, state or condition
- Denominal, forming nouns denoting location or time
- *po- + *rěka (“river”) → *porěčьje (“region near, along a river”)
- *za- + *gora (“forest, mountain”) → *zagorьje (“region nearby a mountain”)
- *krajь- + *bergъ (“coast”) → *krajьberžьje (“coastline”)
- *nadъ- + *věsъ (“screen, curtain”) → *nadъvěsьje (“arch, dome, sth hanging over”)
- *bez- + *vermę (“time”) → *bezvermьje (“timelessness”)
- *na- + *večerъ (“eve”) → *navečerьje (“evening, time before dawn”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of *-ьje (soft o-stem)
See also
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- *-nьje (deverbal, with a *-n- suffix taken from past passive participle)
- *-tьje (deverbal, with a *-t- suffix taken from past passive participle)
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies[1] (in Slovene), volume 10, number 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki, page 75f
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*datьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 196
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*danьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 188
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2002), “*obrětenьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 29 (*obpovědati – *obsojьnica), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 81
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1985), “*kovanьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 12 (*koulъkъ – *kroma/*kromъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 8
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrmjenьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 266
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (2003), “*obstojanьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 30 (*obsojьnikъ – *obvedьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 63