"-ь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

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Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is, from Proto-Indo-European *-is. Cognate with Lithuanian -is, Old Prussian -is. Etymology templates: {{cog|ine-bsl-pro|*-is}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is, {{inh|sla-pro|ine-pro|*-is}} Proto-Indo-European *-is, {{cog|lt|-is}} Lithuanian -is, {{cog|prg|-is}} Old Prussian -is Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: -ь f Forms nouns: [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], [nominative, singular], -i [dual, nominative], -i [nominative, plural], -i [genitive, singular], -ьju [dual, genitive], -ьjь [genitive, plural], -i [genitive, plural], -i [dative, singular], -ьma [dative, dual], -ьmъ [dative, plural], [accusative, singular], -i [accusative, dual], -i [accusative, plural], -ьjǫ [instrumental, singular], -ьma [dual, instrumental], -ьmi [instrumental, plural], -i [locative, singular], -ьju [dual, locative], -ьxъ [locative, plural], -i [singular, vocative], -i [dual, vocative], -i [plural, vocative]
  1. From adjectives Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *-ina, *-ota, *-yni
    Sense id: en--ь-sla-pro-suffix-6F7s4AvY
  2. From participles Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *-ina, *-ica, *-ъka, *-ъkъ, *-ьcь
    Sense id: en--ь-sla-pro-suffix-Jp2NO5un Categories (other): Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 40 50 10
  3. From verbs Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *-ъ
    Sense id: en--ь-sla-pro-suffix-ne5D7GaP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -ja

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Old East Slavic: -ь (-ĭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old East Slavic: -ь (-ĭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zle-ort",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Ruthenian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ruthenian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic: -ь (-ĭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic: -ь (-ĭ)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-is",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian -is",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian -is",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is, from Proto-Indo-European *-is. Cognate with Lithuanian -is, Old Prussian -is.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ь f Forms nouns:",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьju",
      "roman": "-ju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьjь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьmъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьjǫ",
      "roman": "-jǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьmi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьju",
      "roman": "-ju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ь",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "glǫbь ← *glǫbъ (“deep”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "golь ← *golъ (“naked, nude, bare; bald”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "bělь ← *bělъ (“white”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "glušь ← *gluxъ (“deaf”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "moldь ← *moldъ (“young”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "četvьrtь (“quarter”) ← *četvьrtъ (“fourth”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From adjectives"
      ],
      "id": "en--ь-sla-pro-suffix-6F7s4AvY",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ina"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ota"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-yni"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 50 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "kopanь ← *kopanъ ← *kopati (“to dig”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "oranь ← *oranъ ← *orati (“to plow/plough”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "dьranь ← *dьranъ ← *dьrati (“to tear, flay”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "opuxlь ← *opuxlъ ← *opuxnǫti"
        },
        {
          "text": "orsědlь ← *orsědlъ ← *orsěsti"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From participles"
      ],
      "id": "en--ь-sla-pro-suffix-Jp2NO5un",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ina"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ъkъ"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ьcь"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "obuvь (“footwear”) ← **obovь ← *obuti (“to put on footwear”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "blędь ← *blęsti (pres. *blędǫ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "gręzь ← *gręzti (pres. *gręzǫ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "rěčь ← *reťi (“to say”) (pres. *rekǫ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mazь ← *mazati (“to smear”) (pres. *mažǫ)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From verbs"
      ],
      "id": "en--ь-sla-pro-suffix-ne5D7GaP",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ъ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "-ja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ь"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-Slavic feminine i-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic feminine suffixes",
    "Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns",
    "Proto-Slavic lemmas",
    "Proto-Slavic noun-forming suffixes",
    "Proto-Slavic suffixes",
    "Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "East Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "orv",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Old East Slavic: -ь (-ĭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old East Slavic: -ь (-ĭ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zle-ort",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Ruthenian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Ruthenian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "be",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Belarusian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Belarusian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "uk",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Ukrainian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ukrainian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Russian: -ь (-ʹ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Russian: -ь (-ʹ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "South Slavic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "-ь"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic: -ь (-ĭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Church Slavonic: -ь (-ĭ)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-is",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian -is",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "-is"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian -is",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is, from Proto-Indo-European *-is. Cognate with Lithuanian -is, Old Prussian -is.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ь f Forms nouns:",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sla-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьju",
      "roman": "-ju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьjь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьmъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьjǫ",
      "roman": "-jǫ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьmi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьju",
      "roman": "-ju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьxъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "sla-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Slavic",
  "lang_code": "sla-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ь",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "glǫbь ← *glǫbъ (“deep”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "golь ← *golъ (“naked, nude, bare; bald”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "bělь ← *bělъ (“white”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "glušь ← *gluxъ (“deaf”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "moldь ← *moldъ (“young”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "četvьrtь (“quarter”) ← *četvьrtъ (“fourth”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From adjectives"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ina"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ota"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-yni"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "kopanь ← *kopanъ ← *kopati (“to dig”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "oranь ← *oranъ ← *orati (“to plow/plough”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "dьranь ← *dьranъ ← *dьrati (“to tear, flay”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "opuxlь ← *opuxlъ ← *opuxnǫti"
        },
        {
          "text": "orsědlь ← *orsědlъ ← *orsěsti"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From participles"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ina"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ica"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ъka"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ъkъ"
        },
        {
          "word": "*-ьcь"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "obuvь (“footwear”) ← **obovь ← *obuti (“to put on footwear”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "blędь ← *blęsti (pres. *blędǫ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "gręzь ← *gręzti (pres. *gręzǫ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "rěčь ← *reťi (“to say”) (pres. *rekǫ)"
        },
        {
          "text": "mazь ← *mazati (“to smear”) (pres. *mažǫ)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "From verbs"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "*-ъ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-ja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ь"
}

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