тъ

See also: -ть and тъʼ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• ⱅⱏ (tŭ)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, tā, ta, from Proto-Indo-European *só, *séh₂, *tód (“this, that”). Cognate with Lithuanian tas and Latvian tas.

Pronoun

тъ • (tŭ)

1. this, this one
2. that, that one
3. it
4. he

Declension

Declension of тъ

Singular	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	тъ tŭ	то to	та ta
Accusative	тъ tŭ	то to	тѫ tǫ
Genitive	того togo	того togo	тоѩ toję
Locative	томь tomĭ	томь tomĭ	тои toi
Dative	томоу tomu	томоу tomu	тои toi
Instrumental	тѣмь těmĭ	тѣмь těmĭ	тоѭ tojǫ

Dual	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	та ta	тѣ tě	тѣ tě
Accusative	та ta	тѣ tě	тѣ tě
Genitive	тою toju	тою toju	тою toju
Locative	тою toju	тою toju	тою toju
Dative	тѣма těma	тѣма těma	тѣма těma
Instrumental	тѣма těma	тѣма těma	тѣма těma

Plural	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	ти ti	та ta	тꙑ ty
Accusative	тꙑ ty	та ta	тꙑ ty
Genitive	тѣхъ těxŭ	тѣхъ těxŭ	тѣхъ těxŭ
Locative	тѣхъ těxŭ	тѣхъ těxŭ	тѣхъ těxŭ
Dative	тѣмъ těmŭ	тѣмъ těmŭ	тѣмъ těmŭ
Instrumental	тѣми těmi	тѣми těmi	тѣми těmi

See also

• и (i)
• онъ (onŭ)
• сь (sĭ)
• овъ (ovŭ)

Further reading

• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “тъ”, in Старославянский словарь (по рукописям X—XI веков) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)] (overall work in Russian), Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 708
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “тъ, та, то”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae)‎^[1], volume 4 (overall work in Czech), Prague: Euroslavica, page 523

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, from Proto-Indo-European *só.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊ/→/ˈtʊ/→/ˈtɔ/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ/

• IPA^(key): /tʊ/→/tʊ/→/t/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /tʊ/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /tʊ/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /t/

• Hyphenation: тъ

Pronoun

тъ (tŭ)

1. that
   • 1076, Sviatoslav's izbornik‎^[2], page 5:

     тѣмь же и похоули не пооучѧѭштаꙗсѧ. гл҃ѧ.

     těmĭ že i poxuli ne poučęjǫštajasę. gl:ję.

     And with that criticise those that do not learn, saying:

   • late XI or XII century, Epistle about Sunday:

     Кто бо великъ ꙗко бъ҃ нашь тъ единъ творѧи чюдеса положи законъ

     Kto bo velikŭ jako bŭ: našĭ tŭ jedinŭ tvoręi čjudesa položi zakonŭ

     Who is as great as the God? That one, making miracles, laid a law

Declension

Short declension of тъ (irregular)

	Singular			Dual			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	тъ, тътъ tŭ, tŭtŭ	то to	та ta	та ta	тѣ tě		ти ti	та ta	тꙑ ty
Genitive	того togo		тоѣ tojě	тою toju		тою toju	тѣхъ těxŭ		тѣхъ těxŭ
Dative	тому tomu		тои toi	тѣма těma		тѣма těma	тѣмъ těmŭ		тѣмъ těmŭ
Accusative	тъ tŭ	то to	тѫ tǫ	та ta	тѣ tě		тꙑ ty	та ta	тꙑ ty
Instrumental	тѣмь těmĭ		тоѭ tojǫ	тѣма těma		тѣма těma	тѣми těmi		тѣми těmi
Locative	томь tomĭ		тои toi	тою toju		тою toju	тѣхъ těxŭ		тѣхъ těxŭ

Long declension of тъ (irregular)

	Singular			Dual			Plural
	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine	Masculine	Neuter	Feminine
Nominative	тꙑи tyi	тое toje	таꙗ taja	таꙗ taja	тъи tŷi		тии tii	таꙗ taja	тꙑѣ tyjě
Genitive	того togo		тоѣ tojě	тою toju		тою toju	тꙑхъ tyxŭ		тꙑхъ tyxŭ
Dative	тому tomu		тои toi	тꙑма tyma		тꙑма tyma	тꙑмъ tymŭ		тꙑмъ tymŭ
Accusative	тꙑи tyi	тое toje	тѫѭ tǫjǫ	таꙗ taja	тъи tŷi		тꙑѣ tyjě	таꙗ taja	тꙑѣ tyjě
Instrumental	тꙑмь tymĭ		тоѭ tojǫ	тꙑма tyma		тꙑма tyma	тꙑми tymi		тꙑми tymi
Locative	томь tomĭ		тои toi	тою toju		тою toju	тꙑхъ tyxŭ		тꙑхъ tyxŭ

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: тотъ (tot), той (toj)
  • Belarusian: той (toj)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: тот (tot)
  • Ukrainian: той (toj), (dialectal) тот (tot)
• Russian: тот (tot), (dialectal) той (toj)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912), “тꙑи”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[3] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1067
• Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019), “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture‎^[4] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 616: “тъ ― t”

Ossetian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /tʼ/

Letter

тъ • (t’) (lower case, upper case Тъ)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Ossetian alphabet, written in the Cyrillic script.

See also

• (Cyrillic-script letters) А а, Ӕ ӕ, Б б, В в, Г г, Гъ гъ, Д д, Дж дж, Дз дз, Е е, Ё ё, Ж ж, З з, И и, Й й, К к, Къ къ, Л л, М м, Н н, О о, П п, Пъ пъ, Р р, С с, Т т, Тъ тъ, У у, Ф ф, Х х, Хъ хъ, Ц ц, Цъ цъ, Ч ч, Чъ чъ, Ш ш, Щ щ, Ъ ъ, Ы ы, Ь ь, Э э, Ю ю, Я я