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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-iťь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Comparison with Baltic languages points to antiquity of denominal formations:

  • Lithuanian vil̃kas (“wolf”) → vilkýtis (“a small wolf”) : Common Slavic *vьlkъ (“wolf”) → *vьlčiťь (“a small wolf”)

Suffix

*-iťь m

  1. Denominal, forming masculine attributables from masculine nouns or adjectives.
    *bogъ (“god”) → **božiťь (“Christmass”) > Serbo-Croatian Božić, Macedonian Божиќ (Božiḱ) (late formation)
    *dobrъ (“good, kind”) → **dobriťь (“good-hearted person”) > Bulgarian Добрич (Dobrič) (late formation)
  2. Denominal, forming masculine diminutives from masculine nouns.
    *kozьlъ (“billy goat”) → *kozьliťь (“kid goat”)
    *otrokъ (“boy”) → *otročiťь (“child”)
  3. Denominal, forming patronyms and metronyms.
    Slovene: Janež → Janežič
  4. Denominal, forming demonyms.
    Russian: Москва (Moskva) → Москвич (Moskvič)
    Slovene: Celovec → Celovčič, Podgora → Podgorčič
    *dregy, *dregъve (“swamp”) → Russian Дреговичи (Dregoviči) (East Slavic tribe)
    *obъ Odrě (“on Oder”) → *obodriťь (“Obotrites”)
  5. Deadjectival, denoting a carrier of a property.
    *golъ (“naked”) → *goliťь (“something naked”)
    *bělъ (“white”) → *běliťь (“something white”)
  6. (by extension) Denoting a carrier of a property but with a diminutive meaning through a parallel word formation from deadjectival nouns and adjectives.
    *moldъ (“young”), *moldę, *moldęte (“youngling”) → *moldiťь (“youngling”)

Declension
Declension of *-iťь (soft o-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *-iťь *-iťa *-iťi
Accusative *-iťь *-iťa *-iťę̇
Genitive *-iťa *-iťu *-iťь
Locative *-iťi *-iťu *-iťixъ
Dative *-iťu *-iťema *-iťemъ
Instrumental *-iťьmь, *-iťemь* *-iťema *-iťi
Vocative *-iťu *-iťa *-iťi
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
Category Proto-Slavic words suffixed with *-iťь not found

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -ичь (-ičĭ)
      • Belarusian: -іч (-ič)
      • Russian: -ич (-ič)
      • Ukrainian: -ич (-yč)
    • Old Novgorodian: -иць (-icĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: -ищь (-ištĭ)
      Glagolitic: -ⰹⱋⱐ (-ištĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: -ић
      Roman: -ić
    • Slovene: -ič
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: -ic
    • Kashubian: -ëc
    • Polish: -yc
      • → Yiddish: ־יץ‎ (-its)
    • Slovak: -ic
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: -ic
      • Upper Sorbian: -ic

References
  • Šekli, Matej (2012), “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies‎ (in Slovene), volume 10, issue 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32
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