Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-uja

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

Alternative forms

*-juja

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-aujāˀ, *-jaujāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *-ow-yeh₂, *-ew-yeh₂, from *-yeh₂. By surface analysis, *-ujь +‎ *-ja.

Suffix

*-uja f (masculine *-ujь)^[1]

‎*česati + ‎*-uja → ‎*češuja

Declension

Declension of *-uja (soft a-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*-uja	*-uji	*-uję̇
genitive	*-uję̇	*-uju	*-ujь
dative	*-uji	*-ujama	*-ujamъ
accusative	*-ujǫ	*-uji	*-uję̇
instrumental	-ujejǫ, -ujǫ^**	*-ujama	*-ujami
locative	*-uji	*-uju	-ujasъ, -ujaxъ^*
vocative	*-uje	*-uji	*-uję̇

^* -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).

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-uja

Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/češuja

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: -уꙗ (-uja), -юꙗ (-juja)
  - Old Ruthenian: -уꙗ (-uja)
    - Belarusian: -уя (-uja)
  - Russian: -уя (-uja)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: -ⱆⱑ (-uě)
  
  Old Cyrillic script: -оуꙗ (-uja)
- Old Serbo-Croatian: -uja
West Slavic:
- Czech: -uje
- Polish: -uja

References

^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -ujь, -'uja”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 88

[1] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -ujь, -'uja”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 88

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