"-ь" meaning in Proto-Slavic

See -ь in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is, from Proto-Indo-European *-is. Cognate with Lithuanian -is, Old Prussian -is. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sla-pro|:inh|ine-bsl-pro:*-is<ety:inh<ine-pro:*-is>>|id=nom}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Balto-Slavic", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-bsl-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Slavic", "term" : "*-ь", "lang" : "sla-pro" }" data-id="nom" data-lang="sla-pro" data-title="*-ь" id="Proto-Slavic:_nom">, {{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 Head templates: {{sla-noun|f|cat=noun-forming suffixes}} *-ь f Inflection templates: {{sla-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: -ь f Forms nouns: [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ь [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], -ь [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], *-ja [alternative]
  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): Pages with entries, Pages using catfix, Pages with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Slavic entries with etymon, Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 36 7 0 18 17 1 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 16 37 14 18 16 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 16 37 14 18 15 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 55 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 71 14 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with etymon: 31 63 6 Disambiguation of Proto-Slavic entries with incorrect language header: 29 59 12
  3. From verbs Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: *-ъ
    Sense id: en--ь-sla-pro-suffix-ne5D7GaP
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              "roman": "-ʹ",
              "word": "-ь"
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          "word": "-ь"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-is, from Proto-Indo-European *-is. Cognate with Lithuanian -is, Old Prussian -is.",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "-i",
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        "singular"
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      "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"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-ьma",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ьmъ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ь",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "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"
      ]
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  ],
  "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": "krasьnь ← *krasьnъ (“beautiful”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "četvьrtь (“quarter”) ← *četvьrtъ (“fourth”)"
        }
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        },
        {
          "word": "*-ota"
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        {
          "word": "*-yni"
        }
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        "reconstruction"
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        {
          "_dis": "16 37 14 18 16",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "parents": [],
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          "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"
      ],
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        {
          "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)"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "*-ъ"
        }
      ],
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ь"
}
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                  "roman": "-ʹ",
                  "word": "-ь"
                }
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              "roman": "-ʹ",
              "word": "-ь"
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          "word": "-ь"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-ь",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
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        "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"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*-ja",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  "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": "krasьnь ← *krasьnъ (“beautiful”)"
        },
        {
          "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ь"
}

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