Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ęťь

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

Suffix

*-ę

alternative form of *-ǫťь, used after imperfective verb stems (i.e. in *-iti, *-ěti and *-ati verbs)

Declension

This suffix needs an inflection-table template.

Nominative: *-ę, *-ęťi, *-ę

Definite declension of *-ęťь (soft)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-ęťьjь	*-ęťaja	*-ęťeje
genitive	*-ęťajego	*-ęťę̇ję̇	*-ęťajego
dative	*-ęťujemu	*-ęťiji	*-ęťujemu
accusative	*-ęťьjь	*-ęťǫjǫ	*-ęťeje
instrumental	*-ęťijimь	*-ęťǫjǫ	*-ęťijimь
locative	*-ęťijemь	*-ęťiji	*-ęťijemь
vocative	*-ęťьjь	*-ęťaja	*-ęťeje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-ęťaja	*-ęťiji	*-ęťiji
genitive	*-ęťuju	*-ęťuju	*-ęťuju
dative	*-ęťijima	*-ęťijima	*-ęťijima
accusative	*-ęťaja	*-ęťiji	*-ęťiji
instrumental	*-ęťijima	*-ęťijima	*-ęťijima
locative	*-ęťuju	*-ęťuju	*-ęťuju
vocative	*-ęťaja	*-ęťiji	*-ęťiji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*-ęťiji	*-ęťę̇ję̇	*-ęťaja
genitive	*-ęťьjixъ	*-ęťьjixъ	*-ęťьjixъ
dative	*-ęťijimъ	*-ęťijimъ	*-ęťijimъ
accusative	*-ęťę̇ję̇	*-ęťę̇ję̇	*-ęťaja
instrumental	*-ęťijimi	*-ęťijimi	*-ęťijimi
locative	*-ęťijixъ	*-ęťijixъ	*-ęťijixъ
vocative	*-ęťiji	*-ęťę̇ję̇	*-ęťaja

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -ѧ́чь (-ję́čĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: -ѧ́чїй (-jáčij)
    - Belarusian: -я́чы (-jáčy)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: -я́чый (-jáčŷj)
    - Ukrainian: -я́чий (-jáčyj)
  - Russian: -я́чий (-jáčij)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: -ⱔⱋⱐ (-ęštĭ)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: -ѧщь (-ęštĭ)
  - Bulgarian: -ещ (-ešt)
  - → Old East Slavic: -ѧщь (-jęščĭ)
    - Old Ruthenian: -ѧ́щїй (-jáščij)
      - Ukrainian: -я́щий (-jáščyj)
    - Russian: -я́щий (-jáščij)
West Slavic:
- Czech: -je, -jíc, -jící