Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-nьje

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

Compounded from the past participle suffix *-n- and *-ьje. Originally it is therefore a deadjectival variant of *-ьje, denoting a state, condition, or property.

Suffix

*-nьje n

1. Deverbal, forming action nouns.

   *dělati (“to do, act”) → *dělanьje (“work”)

   *pьsati (“to write”) → *pьsanьje (“writing; that which is written”)

Declension

Declension of *-nьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-nьje	*-nьji	*-nьja
genitive	*-nьja	*-nьju	*-nьjь
dative	*-nьju	*-nьjema	*-nьjemъ
accusative	*-nьje	*-nьji	*-nьja
instrumental	*-nьjьmь, *-nьjemь*	*-nьjema	*-nьji
locative	*-nьji	*-nьju	*-nьjixъ
vocative	*-nьje	*-nьji	*-nьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -ние (-nije)
    • Old Ruthenian: -нье (-nʹje)
    • Russian: -ние (-nije), -нье (-nʹje), -ньё (-nʹjó)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: -ньѥ (-nĭje)

    Glagolitic: -ⱀⱐⰵ (-nĭe)

  • Bulgarian: -ние (-nie), -не (-ne)
  • Macedonian: -ње (-nje), -ние (-nie)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -ње

    Latin script: -nje

  • Slovene: -nje
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -nie
    • Czech: -ní
  • Kashubian: -nié
  • Polabian: -nĕ
  • Old Polish: -enie
    • Polish: -enie
  • Slovak: -nie
  • Slovincian: -njé
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: -ńe, -nje

References

• 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