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Created page with "== Carnian == === Alternative forms === * -na === Etymology === Inherited from Old Carnian ''-ina'', from a merger of {{der|carn|sla-pro|*-ina}} and {{der|carn|sla-pro|*-yni}}. === Pronunciation === * IPA: {{IPA|['iːnɐ]}} === Suffix === {{head|carn|suffix}} # ''Suffix appended to words to create feminine nouns.'' # ''Suffix appended to words to create feminine counterparts of masculine nouns.'', wikt:-ess#Engl..."
 
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# ''Suffix appended to words to create feminine nouns.''
# ''Suffix appended to words to create feminine nouns.''
# ''Suffix appended to words to create feminine counterparts of masculine nouns.'', [[wikt:-ess#English|-ess]]
# ''Suffix appended to words to create feminine counterparts of masculine nouns.'', [[wikt:-ess#English|-ess]]
#: {{sux|carn|bog|bogina}} "goddess"
#: {{sux|carn|bog|t1=god|bogina|t2=goddess}}
#: {{sux|carn|Carnian|Carnianna}} "Carnian" (female)
#: {{sux|carn|Carnian|Carnianna|t2=Carnian (female)}}


=== Usage notes ===
=== Usage notes ===

Latest revision as of 19:38, 21 December 2025

Carnian

Alternative forms

  • -na

Etymology

Inherited from Old Carnian -ina, from a merger of Proto-Slavic *-ina and Proto-Slavic *-yni.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ina

  1. Suffix appended to words to create feminine nouns.
  2. Suffix appended to words to create feminine counterparts of masculine nouns., -ess
    bog (god) + ‎-ina → ‎bogina (goddess)
    Carnian + ‎-ina → ‎Carnianna (Carnian (female))

Usage notes

  • -na is the contracted form due to syncope, occurs usually when preceded by a sonorant.
  • Sense 2 is preferred in Modern Carnian, replacing the previous -sa and -ca which are now considered archaic and derogatory due to diminutive connotations.
  • Sense 2 is derived from Proto-Slavic *-yni and thus does not cause palatalization of the preceding consonant.