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

Deverbal, forming action nouns.
*žiti (“to live”) → *žitьje (“life”)

*byti (“to be”) → *bytьje (“being”)

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