Lietuvių kalbos būdvardžiai su priesaga *<em>-u̯o-</em>

• Main Author: Saulius Ambrazas
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Vilnius University 2011-12-01
• Series: Baltistica
• Subjects: lietuvių kalba; būdvardis
• Online Access: http://www.baltistica.lt/index.php/baltistica/article/view/1208

<p><strong>ADJECTIVES WITH THE SUFFIX</strong> <strong>*<em>-u̯o-</em> IN LITHUANIAN</strong></p><p><em>Summary</em></p><p>Some Lithuanian deverbal adjectives with the pure suffix <em>-vas (-a),</em> based on the stem <em>u / eu / ou </em>(cf. Lith <em>tę́vas, </em>Latv <em>tiêvs</em> ʽthinʼ, Corn <em>tanow</em> ʽthin, gracefull; softʼ, Gk <em>τανα(ϝ)ός</em> ʽstretched, long; thinʼ and OInd <em>tanúḥ </em>ʽthin, flabby, frail, weak, insignificantʼ, OChSl <em>tьnъ-kъ</em> ʽthinʼ, Lat <em>tenuis</em> ʽthin, leanʼ), came fromLate Proto-Indo-European, cf. Lith <em>gývas (-à) </em>and Latv <em>dzîvs</em>, OPruss <em>gijwans </em>(<em>lebendigen</em>) III 43_7,Slav *<em>živъ, </em>Lat <em>vīvus, </em>OInd <em>jīváḥ</em> ʽlive, livingʼ : I-E *<em>g^u̯ei- / g^u̯ī-</em> ʽto live, becomeʼ.</p><p>This derivational type is unproductive in Lithuanian. However the new extended suffix <em>-s-vas (-a)</em> was formed in Lithuanian, cf. Lith <em>gel̃svas</em> <em>(-à)</em> ʽyellowishʼ : <em>gel̃sta </em>ʽturns yellowʼ.</p><p>Lithuanian substantival adjectives with the extended suffix <em>-y-vas (-a)</em> have some derivational parallels in other Indo-European languages, cf. Lith <em>ankstývas (-a)</em> : <em>ankstùs (-ì)</em> ʽearlyʼ, <em>akývas </em>ʽsharp-sighted, vigilant; frank, visual, evidentʼ : <em>akìs</em> ʽeyeʼ and OChSl <em>gladivъ </em>ʽhungryʼ : <em>gladь ʽ</em>hungerʼ, Lat <em>statīvus</em> <em>ʽ</em>standingʼ : <em>statio</em>, <em>status ʽ</em>condition, state, standingʼ, and OInd <em>rājīva</em>- ʽstripedʼ : <em>rājī́- </em>ʽstripeʼ.</p>