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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 (-nie)
      • Old Ruthenian: -нье (-nʹje), -нїє (-nije), -ньѧ (-nʹja)
        • Belarusian: -нне (-nnje), -ннё (-nnjo)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: -ня (-nja)
        • Ukrainian: -ння (-nnja); -нє (-nje) (Western dialects)
      • 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
    • Kashubian: -nié
    • Polabian: -nĕ
    • Old Polish: -enie
    • Slovak: -nie
    • Slovincian: -njé
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: -ńe, -nje

References
  • Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies‎ (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
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