Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-atъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos. Technically, could also reflect Proto-Indo-European *-eh₃tós, though, this suffix is encountered only sporadically in lemmas of uncertain origin, e.g. Ancient Greek κῑβωτός (kībōtós, “coffer, wooden box, container”).
Reflects Latin -ātus, Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-atos) or Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ātas in loanwords such as demotic Late Church Slavonic креватъ (krevatŭ, “coach”) from Ancient Greek κράββατος (krábbatos, “bed”) or Proto-Slavic *xorvatъ from a Scythian ethnonym, rendered as Χοροάθος (Khoroáthos) in Ancient Greek records.
Suffix 1
*-а̀tъ m
- Forms agent or instrument nouns from reanalyzed adjectives
- *sǫpostatъ (“adversary, opponent”) ← *sъpostati (“to juxtapose, to оppose”)
- *kosatъ (“pigtail, dorsal fin (of fish, sharks or cetacea)”) ← *kosa (“hair”)
- *lopata f (“shovel, spade”) ← *lopъ (“sheet, leaf”)
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of *-atъ (hard o-stem)
Suffix 2
*-àtъ
- From agents, creates adjectives denoting a property or characteristic, usually with hyperbolic connotation
- *bȏgъ (“wealth, share; god”) → *bogàtъ (“wealthy”)
- *mǫžь (“man”) → *(vъz)mǫžàtъ (“masculine, manly”)
- From objects, creates adjectives denoting a characteristic or shape
- From body parts, creates adjectives referring to the respective part
- From adjectives extended with *-ovъ, creates approximative doublets of the original adjective (somewhat like -ish in English). Equivalent to *-ovàtъ
- From o-stem adjectives:
- *glupъ (“dumb, stupid”) → *glupovàtъ (“simple-minded”)
- *ostrъ (“acute, sharp”) → *ostrovàtъ (“pointy, relatively sharp”)
- From former i-stem adjectives:
- *grozьnъ (“ugly, terrible”) → *grozьnovàtъ (“unpleasant, bad-tempered”)
- *pьlnъ (“full”) → *pьlnovàtъ (“tending towards fullness, relatively full”)
- From former u-stem adjectives:
- *lьgъkъ (“light, not heavy”) → *lьgъkovàtъ (“lightweight, relatively light”)
- *mękъkъ (“soft”) → *mękъkovàtъ (“softish, relatively soft”)
- From o-stem adjectives:
Declension
Indefinite declension of *-atъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *-atъ | *-ata | *-ato |
genitive | *-ata | *-aty | *-ata |
dative | *-atu | *-atě | *-atu |
accusative | *-atъ | *-atǫ | *-ato |
instrumental | *-atomь | *-atojǫ | *-atomь |
locative | *-atě | *-atě | *-atě |
vocative | *-ate | *-ato | *-ato |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *-ata | *-atě | *-atě |
genitive | *-atu | *-atu | *-atu |
dative | *-atoma | *-atama | *-atoma |
accusative | *-ata | *-atě | *-atě |
instrumental | *-atoma | *-atama | *-atoma |
locative | *-atu | *-atu | *-atu |
vocative | *-ata | *-atě | *-atě |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *-ati | *-aty | *-ata |
genitive | *-atъ | *-atъ | *-atъ |
dative | *-atomъ | *-atamъ | *-atomъ |
accusative | *-aty | *-aty | *-ata |
instrumental | *-aty | *-atami | *-aty |
locative | *-atěxъ | *-ataxъ | *-atěxъ |
vocative | *-ati | *-aty | *-ata |
Definite declension of *-atъ (hard)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *-atъjь | *-ataja | *-atoje |
genitive | *-atajego | *-atyję̇ | *-atajego |
dative | *-atujemu | *-atěji | *-atujemu |
accusative | *-atъjь | *-atǫjǫ | *-atoje |
instrumental | *-atyjimь | *-atǫjǫ | *-atyjimь |
locative | *-atějemь | *-atěji | *-atějemь |
vocative | *-atъjь | *-ataja | *-atoje |
dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *-ataja | *-atěji | *-atěji |
genitive | *-atuju | *-atuju | *-atuju |
dative | *-atyjima | *-atyjima | *-atyjima |
accusative | *-ataja | *-atěji | *-atěji |
instrumental | *-atyjima | *-atyjima | *-atyjima |
locative | *-atuju | *-atuju | *-atuju |
vocative | *-ataja | *-atěji | *-atěji |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | *-atiji | *-atyję̇ | *-ataja |
genitive | *-atъjixъ | *-atъjixъ | *-atъjixъ |
dative | *-atyjimъ | *-atyjimъ | *-atyjimъ |
accusative | *-atyję̇ | *-atyję̇ | *-ataja |
instrumental | *-atyjimi | *-atyjimi | *-atyjimi |
locative | *-atyjixъ | *-atyjixъ | *-atyjixъ |
vocative | *-atiji | *-atyję̇ | *-ataja |
See also
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajatъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 61
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lopata”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 39
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic suffixes
- Proto-Slavic noun-forming suffixes
- Proto-Slavic masculine suffixes
- Proto-Slavic hard o-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic hard masculine o-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic adjective-forming suffixes
- Proto-Slavic hard adjectives