Characteristics of masculine and neuter adjective inflection in the “Suprasl Chronicle”

Katarzyna Grabowska

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

Abstract

The subject matter of this article is the characterization of adjective declension system in one of Western-Ruthenian literary monuments. "The Suprasl Chronicle", which is classified by researchers as the first Belorussian-Lithuanian compilation, is in terms of language an unusually rich and varied monument. The analysis of adjective declension conducted in this article indicates that full forms are more numerous than simple ones which are used in "The Suprasl Chronicle" in the function of predicative. In the inflection of full forms some influence of the Old Church Slavonic and Belorussian languages has been observed. In the plural form of simple adjectives there is a noticeable tendency to level endings after feminine inflection paradigm.

Keywords:

Old Belorussian chronicles, the first Belorussian-Lithuanian compilation, Old Russian language, adjective, masculine and neuter inflection