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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ačь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology
  • Morphologically possibly from reinterpreting of some deverbal agent nouns (e.g. *kovačь ← *kovati +‎ *-čь : *kovъ +‎ *-ačь). Synchronically it is an independent suffix.
  • Semantically it's close to denominal suffix *-atъ. But in this case form **-aťь is expected, though compare *porťa : *porkъ.

Suffix

*-ačь m

  1. Denominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a property.
    *kolo (“wheel”) → *kolačь (“cake”)
    *bogъ (“wealth, fortune”) → *bogačь (“a wealthy man”) (compare *bogatъ (“wealthy”))
    *borda (“beard”) → *bordačь (“a bearded man”) (compare *bordatъ (“bearded”))
    *golva (“head”) → *golvačь (“one having a big head”) (compare *golvatъ)
    *rogъ (“horn”) → *rogačь (“horned animal”) (compare *rogatъ (“horned”))

Declension
Declension of *-ačь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-ačь *-ača *-ači
genitive *-ača *-aču *-ačь
dative *-aču *-ačema *-ačemъ
accusative *-ačь *-ača *-ačę̇
instrumental *-ačьmь, *-ačemь* *-ačema *-ači
locative *-ači *-aču *-ačixъ
vocative *-aču *-ača *-ači
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

See also

Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ačь

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -ачь (-ačĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: -ачъ (-ač), -ачь (-ačʹ)
      • Russian: -а́ч (-áč)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: -ач (-ač) (rare)
    • Macedonian: -ач (-ač) (rare)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (rare?)
      Cyrillic script: -а̄ч
      Latin script: -ȃč
    • Slovene: -áč
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Šekli, Matej (2012) “Besedotvorni pomeni samostalniških izpeljank v praslovanščini”, in Philological Studies‎ (in Slovene), volume 10, number 1, Skopje, Perm, Ljubljana, Zagreb, pages 115–32
  • Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “*-ačь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volumes 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 102
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