Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ujь

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

Alternative forms

• *-jujь

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-aujas, *-jaujas, from Proto-Indo-European *-ow-yós, *-ew-yós, from *-yós.

Suffix

*-ujь f (masculine *-uja)

1. ‎*volъ + ‎*-ujь → ‎*volujь

   ‎*olъ + ‎*-ujь → ‎*olujь

   ‎*žely + ‎*-ujь → ‎*želъvujь

   ‎*Miloslavъ + ‎*-ujь → ‎*Milujь

   ‎*Radoslavъ + ‎*-ujь → ‎*Radujь

Declension

Declension of *-ujь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-ujь	*-uja	*-uji
genitive	*-uja	*-uju	*-ujь
dative	*-uju	*-ujema	*-ujemъ
accusative	*-ujь	*-uja	*-uję̇
instrumental	*-ujьmь, *-ujemь*	*-ujema	*-uji
locative	*-uji	*-uju	*-ujixъ
vocative	*-uju	*-uja	*-uji

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

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ujь

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-uja

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -уи (-ui)
    • Russian: -уй (-uj)