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Old Church Slavonic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *-ę.

Suffix

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(n

  1. Denominal nominalizing suffix used to form a neuter noun, usually a diminutive denoting the young of animals.

Usage notes

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Lunt affirms that this suffix was “surely productive” in the OCS period, although few words formed with it are attested.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • 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.