Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ežь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Equivalent to *-ogъ + *-jь. Derivatives from stative/essive *-ěti verbs are also attested with the doublet ending *-ěžь, probably due to association with the verb extension, like in:
- *bolěti (“to ache”) → Old Church Slavonic болєжь (boležĭ) : Bulgarian болежка (boležka), dial. боляжка (boljažka) (as if from *bolěžьka)
- *gorěti (“to burn”) → *gorěžь
Suffix
*-ežь m
- Deverbal, forming action nouns.
- From verbs ending in -C- (rarely)
- From causative verbs ending in -i-
- *grabiti (“to grab, to seize”) → *grabežь (“grabbing”)
- *gorditi (“to build”) → *gordežь (“building, construction”)
- *strojiti (“to construct”) → *stroježь (“construction”)
- *strьmiti (“to seek”) → *strьmežь (“aim, strive”)
- *paliti (“to ignite, to set on fire”) → *paležь (“arson”)
- *valiti (“to rain/snow”) → *valežь (“precipitation, rain/snow-fall”)
- From causative verbs ending in -ě- (obsolete, mainly in South Slavic)
- Deadjectival (possibly via a causative or stative verb), forming a noun denoting a property or a state.
- Denominal (possibly via a causative verb), forming a noun denoting a result.
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of *-ežь (soft o-stem)
Derived terms
Usage notes
- Usually it's not used with roots ending in g/k/x/s/z (see *-ьba).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bodežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 02 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 152
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gorěžь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 07 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 43
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grabežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 07 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 96
References
- Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies[1] (in Slovene), volume 10, number 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32