Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-tьje

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 *-t- and *-ьje. Originally it is therefore a deadjectival variant of *-ьje, denoting a state, condition, or property.

Suffix

*-tьje n

1. Deverbal, forming action nouns.

   *žiti (“to live”) → *žitьje (“life”)

   *byti (“to be”) → *bytьje (“being”)

   *bez (“witout”) + *sъmerti (“to die naturally”) → *bezsъmьrtьje (“immortality”)

2. Deverbal, forming resultant nouns.

   *ěsti (“to eat”) → *ěstьje (“dish, food”)

   *dati (“to give”) → *datьje (“task, assignment”)

   *začęti (“to beget”) → *začętьje (“conception”)

Declension

Declension of *-tьje (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-tьje	*-tьji	*-tьja
genitive	*-tьja	*-tьju	*-tьjь
dative	*-tьju	*-tьjema	*-tьjemъ
accusative	*-tьje	*-tьji	*-tьja
instrumental	*-tьjьmь, *-tьjemь*	*-tьjema	*-tьji
locative	*-tьji	*-tьju	*-tьjixъ
vocative	*-tьje	*-tьji	*-tьja

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: -тие (-tije), -тиѥ (-tije)
    • Belarusian: -ццё (-ccjo), -цце (-ccje), -це (-cje)
    • Russian: -тие (-tije), -тье (-tʹje), -тьё (-tʹjó)
    • Ukrainian: -ття (-ttja), -тя (-tja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: -тиѥ (-tije)

    Glagolitic: -ⱅⰹⱑ (-tiě)

  • Bulgarian: -тие (-tie)
  • Macedonian: -тие (-tie)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: -ће

    Latin script: -će

  • Slovene: -tje
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: -tie
    • Czech: -tí
  • Kashubian: -cié
  • Polish: -cie
  • Slovak: -tie
  • Slovincian: -cé
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: -śe
    • Upper Sorbian: -će

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