-ѧ

See also: ѧ and Ѧ

Old Church Slavonic

-ѧ • (-ę) n

Denominal nominalizing suffix used to form a neuter noun, usually a diminutive denoting the young of animals.
- козьлъ (kozĭlŭ, “he-goat”) → козьлѧ (kozĭlę, “kid”)
- отрокъ (otrokŭ, “child, servant”) → отрочѧ (otročę, “child”)
- осьлъ (osĭlŭ, “ass”) → осьлѧ (osĭlę, “young ass”)

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

Declension of -ѧ (nt-stem)

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-ѧ -ę	-ѧтѣ -ętě	-ѧта -ęta
Accusative	-ѧ -ę	-ѧтѣ -ętě	-ѧта -ęta
Genitive	-ѧте -ęte	-ѧтоу -ętu	-ѧтъ -ętŭ
Locative	-ѧте -ęte	-ѧтоу -ętu	-ѧтьхъ -ętĭxŭ
Dative	-ѧти -ęti	-ѧтьма -ętĭma	-ѧтьмъ -ętĭmŭ
Instrumental	-ѧтьмь -ętĭmĭ	-ѧтьма -ętĭma	-ѧтꙑ -ęty
Vocative	-ѧ -ę	-ѧтѣ -ętě	-ѧта -ęta

Old Church Slavonic terms suffixed with -ѧ

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.

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