From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 17679
Date: 2003-01-16
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From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 6:24 AM
Subject: [tied] gerundium in slavic
> which are the suffixes for gerundium in slavic languages? Are these
> suffixes too reflexes of
> "-nd" cluster?
No. They are related to the preterite passive participles in -t- and -(e)n- and were originally derived by adding the suffix *-Ije to them (which is why in Proto-Slavic they were initially formed from transitive verbs only).
*bitU 'beaten' --> *bitIje 'beating' (activity)
*pletenU 'intertwined, woven' --> *pletenIje 'intertwining, weaving'
Piotr
Piotr