Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-itъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Derived from *-tъ appended to *-éyti proverbal ending, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-tós.
Suffix
*-ìtъ
- From nouns in *-mę, forms adjectives denoting property or a characteristic
- *jьmę (“name”) → *jьmenitъ (“famous”)
- *znamę (“flag, standard”) → *znamenitъ (“famous, well-known”)
- *sěmę (“seed”) → *sěmenitъ (“prolific, copious”)
- *plemę (“tribe”) → *plemenitъ (“noble”)
- From abstract nouns in i-stem, forms adjectives denoting possession of the referred characteristic
- From o-stem nouns, forms adjectives denoting an abstract characteristic
- From nouns extended transferred into adjectives via *-ovъ, forms adjectives denoting property or characteristic. Equivalent to *-ovitъ
- From archaic u-stem nouns:
- *domъ (“home”) → *domovitъ (“pertaining to a household”)
- *(j)ědъ (“poison, resentment”) → *(j)ědovitъ (“poisonous, resentful”)
- From o-stem nouns:
- *plodъ (“fruit”) → *plodovitъ (“fruitful”)
- *morkъ (“darkness”) → *morkovitъ (“grim, murky”)
Usage notes
- The t-suffix bears imperfective connotation. For the perfective case, the suffix *-ьnъ is applied, e.g. Russian явный (javnyj, “obvious, evident, one which was shown”) : Russian явитый (javityj, “apparent, evidential, one which has been showing (and continues to show)”).
Related terms
Declension
Indefinite declension of *-itъ (hard)
Definite declension of *-itъ (hard)
Derived terms
References
- 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, page 96
- Duridinov et al. (1991): "-итъ" in Граматика на Старобългарския език (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 221