-ѧ
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Old Church Slavonic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *-ę.
Suffix[edit]
-ѧ • (-ę) n
- Denominal nominalizing suffix used to form a neuter noun, usually a diminutive denoting the young of animals.
Usage notes[edit]
Lunt affirms that this suffix was “surely productive” in the OCS period, although few words formed with it are attested.
Declension[edit]
Declension of -ѧ (nt-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki
- Lunt, Horace (2001) Old Church Slavonic Grammar, Seventh Revised Edition, Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 75.