Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dějanьje

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 *dějati +‎ *-nьje.

Noun

*dějanьje n

  1. deed, action

Inflection

Declension of *dějanьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *dějanьje *dějanьji *dějanьja
genitive *dějanьja *dějanьju *dějanьjь
dative *dějanьju *dějanьjema *dějanьjemъ
accusative *dějanьje *dějanьji *dějanьja
instrumental *dějanьjьmь, *dějanьjemь* *dějanьjema *dějanьji
locative *dějanьji *dějanьju *dějanьjixъ
vocative *dějanьje *dějanьji *dějanьja

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: дѣꙗниѥ (dějanije), дѣаниѥ (děanije)
      • Old Ruthenian: дѣꙗньє (dějanʹje), дѣꙗниє (dějanije), дїꙗньє (dijanʹje)
      • Russian: дея́ние (dejánije)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: дѣꙗниѥ (dějanije)
      Glagolitic script: ⰴⱑⱑⱀⰺⰵ (děěnie)
    • Bulgarian: дея̀ние (dejànie)
    • Macedonian: деја́ние (dejánie, action, deed)
      Macedonian: злодеја́ние (zlodejánie, misdeed, crime)
    • Slovene: dejȃnje (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*dějanьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 228