Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьňa

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

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-injāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *-i-n-yeh₂, from *-nós + *-yeh₂. Cognate with Lithuanian -inė (< Proto-Baltic *-ini̯a). By surface analysis, *-ьnъ +‎ *-ja.

    Suffix

    *-ьňa f (masculine *-ьňь)[1]

    1. Forms feminine nouns
      ‎*viš- + ‎*-ьňa → ‎*višьňa

    Declension

    Declension of *-ьňa (soft a-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *-ьňa *-ьňi *-ьňę̇
    genitive *-ьňę̇ *-ьňu *-ьňь
    dative *-ьňi *-ьňama *-ьňamъ
    accusative *-ьňǫ *-ьňi *-ьňę̇
    instrumental *-ьňejǫ, *-ьňǫ** *-ьňama *-ьňami
    locative *-ьňi *-ьňu *-ьňasъ, *-ьňaxъ*
    vocative *-ьňe *-ьňi *-ьňę̇

    * -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 *-ьňa
    Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dьrvьňa

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: -ьнꙗ (-ĭnja)
        • Old Ruthenian: -нꙗ (-nja)
          • Belarusian: -ня (-nja)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: -ня (-nja)
          • Ukrainian: -ня (-nja)
        • Russian: -ня (-nja)
      • Old Novgorodian: -ьнꙗ (-ĭnja)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Glagolitic script: -ⱐⱀⱑ (-ĭně)
        Old Cyrillic script: -ьнꙗ (-ĭnja)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: -ња
        Latin script: -nja
      • Slovene: -nja (tonal orthography)
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech:
        • Czech:
      • Old Polish: -nia
      • Old Slovak: -ňa
        • Pannonian Rusyn: -ня (-nja)
        • Slovak: -ňa
      • Polabian:
      • Pomeranian:
        • Kashubian: -nia
        • Slovincian:
      • Sorbian:
        • Lower Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: -nja

    References

    1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -ьn'a”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 138
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