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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-yeh₂. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ία (-ía).
Suffix
*-ьja f
- Denominal, forming collective nouns or abstract nouns with hyperbolic conotation
- *bratrьja / *bratьja (“brothers, brotherhood”) ← *bratrъ / *bratъ (“brother”)
- *čudesьja (“marvel”) ← *čudo (“miracle”)
- *sěmьja
- (Regional, colloquial) From abstract nouns in *-ota, forming apologetic abstract nouns. Equivalent to *-otьja
Declension
Declension of *-ьja (soft a-stem)
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*-ьja
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*-ьji
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*-ьję̇
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| genitive
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*-ьję̇
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*-ьju
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*-ьjь
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| dative
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*-ьji
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*-ьjama
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*-ьjamъ
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| accusative
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*-ьjǫ
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*-ьji
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*-ьję̇
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| instrumental
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*-ьjejǫ, *-ьjǫ**
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*-ьjama
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*-ьjami
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| locative
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*-ьji
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*-ьju
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*-ьjasъ, *-ьjaxъ*
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| vocative
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*-ьje
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*-ьji
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*-ьję̇
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* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
See also
Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ьja
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -ьꙗ (-ĭja), -иꙗ (-ija)
- Old Ruthenian: -иꙗ (-ija), -ьꙗ (-ʹja), -ꙗ (-ja)
- Belarusian: -'я (-ʺja)
- Ukrainian: -'я (-ʺja), -я (-ja)
- Russian: -ья (-ʹja)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: -ьꙗ (-ĭja), -иꙗ (-ija)
- Glagolitic script: -ⱐⱑ (-ĭě), -ⰻⱑ (-iě)
- Bulgarian: -ия (-ija)
- Macedonian:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: -ија; allomorphic: -ћа (<* -t-ьja), -шћа (<* -st-ьja) -ња (< *-n-ьja), -ља (< *-l-ьja)
- Latin script: -ija; allomorphic: -ća (<* -t-ьja), -šća (<* -st-ьja) -nja (< *-n-ьja), -lja (< *-l-ьja)
- Slovene:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech:
- Kashubian:
- Polish: -a
- Slovak: