@article{Bilousenko P._Sablina S._2020, title={Bilousenko P., Sablina S. Suffix -a(ba) in the Ukrainian language of the xi-xiii centuries}, volume={9}, url={https://tractatus.sumdu.edu.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/207}, abstractNote={<p>The article deals with the issues of history, structural-semantic and word-building features of derivative<br>nouns with the suffix -а(ва). The taxonomy of nouns with suffix -а(ва) is detailed at the stages of the Ukrainian<br>language history, referred to the Old Ukrainian age. This will help to determine more precisely the time and<br>conditions when this suffix has finally become recognizable in feminine nouns.<br>The number and lexical word-formative specificity of reconstructed Proto-Slavic derivatives with the suffix -<br>а(ва) demonstrate the ability of this formant to be combined with verbal and nominal stems. The lexical wordformative nature of the Proto-Slavic derivatives with the suffix -а(ва) differs in semantic and word-building, that<br>confirms the fact of its polyfunctionality. It is established that in the Proto-Slavic language in a chain of verbal<br>and nominalizing derivatives, there is a clear tendency of forming the functions of the formant -а(ва): the<br>production of collective nouns and abstract verbal nominations. Suffix -а(ва) was referred to moderately<br>productive formants in the Proto-Slavic language.<br>In the Ukrainian language of the XI-XIII centuries the ability of the suffix -а(ва) to form feminine nouns from<br>verbal and nominal stems is supported. In verbal word-formation this suffix primarily created abstract nouns for <br>the designation of the objectified action, process, but also was used in formation of verbal nouns with a specific<br>meaning. Particular Proto-Slavic verbal derivatives with denotative meaning were found in later than the 11th13th centuries monuments, so these derivatives, obviously, functioned during the period studied. Substantive<br>lexical word-formative types with the mentioned formant are heterogeneous (names of objects, names of persons),<br>but there is a tendency to consolidate the identifying function of this suffix – the formation of collective nouns.<br>The small number of new derivatives with -а(ва) in the monuments of the Ukrainian language of the XI-XIII<br>centuries proves that the peak of productivity of this formant has not been reached yet, and the subsystem of<br>derivative nouns with the suffix -а(ва) has undergone slight changes in terms of semantically-derivative specificity<br>in comparison with the Proto-Slavic period.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Philological Treatises}, author={Bilousenko P. and Sablina S.}, year={2020}, month={Mar.}, pages={15–19} }