-eći

Appendix:Variations of "eci" Serbo-Croatian Etymology 1 sh sla-pro *-ęťь *-ęťьjь. In Proto-Slavic this was the ending of the present active participle, which was part of the inflectional system and could be formed for any imperfective verb (as is still the case in e.g. Russian, where the corresponding ending is ru -ащий/ru -ящий), but in Serbo-Croatian this participle fell into disuse and survives only in certain lexicalized adjectives. Suffix -ēćī suffix forming a verbal adjective from the present tense of certain imperfective verbs, specifically those whose third person plural present tense ends in -ē, i.e. infinitives in -iti, -(i)(j)eti, some in -jati and a few others sh rukovòditi<t:to lead, to manage> rukòvodē<t:they lead, they manage><arrow:1> -ēćī rukòvodēćī<t:directive, leading, managing> sh póstojati<t:to be, to exist> póstojē<t:they exist><arrow:1> -ēćī póstojēćī<t:existing> sh lèt(j)eti<t:to fly> lètē<t:they fly><arrow:1> -ēćī lètēćī<t:flying> Derived terms sh Related terms sh -ūćī Etymology 2 sh sla-pro *-ęťь *-ęťьjь, from earlier sla-pro *-ętjьjь, formed from sla-pro *-ęt- (the stem of various nouns referring to young animals whose nominative ended in Proto-Slavic in sla-pro *-ę) with the addition of sla-pro *-jьjь, the same relational-adjective-forming suffix found in e.g. sh bȉčjī bull relational (< sla-pro *byčьjь < earlier sla-pro *bykjьjь), formed from sh bȉk bull (< sla-pro *bykъ). Suffix -ećī suffix added to nouns referring to (usually) young animals, forming relational adjectives referring to the animal (not always specifically to the young animal) sh jȁnje<t:lamb> -ećī jànjećī<t:lamb relational> sh jȁre<t:kid, young goat> -ećī jàrećī<t:kid, young goat relational> sh kr̀me<t:pig; piglet> -ećī kr̀mećī<t:pig relational; swinish, porcine> sh pȉle<t:chick, young chicken> -ećī pìlećī<t:chicken relational; chicken meat relational> sh sla-pro:*pьsę̀<t:puppy, young dog> -ećī psȅćī<t:dog relational; canine> Derived terms sh