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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-otь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
I-stem counter-part of *-otъ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tis appended to o-stems. Parallel to *-ъtь.
Suffix
*-otь m or f
Declension
For masculine declension:
Declension of *-otь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *-otь | *-oti | *-otьje, *-oťe* |
genitive | *-oti | *-otьju, *-oťu* | *-otьjь, *-oti* |
dative | *-oti | *-otьma | *-otьmъ |
accusative | *-otь | *-oti | *-oti |
instrumental | *-otьmь | *-otьma | *-otьmi |
locative | *-oti | *-otьju, *-oťu* | *-otьxъ |
vocative | *-oti | *-oti | *-otьje, *-oťe* |
* 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).
For feminine declension:
Declension of *-otь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *-otь | *-oti | *-oti |
genitive | *-oti | *-otьju, *-oťu* | *-otьjь, *-oti* |
dative | *-oti | *-otьma | *-otьmъ |
accusative | *-otь | *-oti | *-oti |
instrumental | *-otьjǫ, *-oťǫ* | *-otьma | *-otьmi |
locative | *-oti | *-otьju, *-oťu* | *-otьxъ |
vocative | *-oti | *-oti | *-oti |
* 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 *-otь
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*golotь/*golъtь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 214
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