WORD-FORMING FEATURES OF CHURCH SLAVONIC IN THE UKRAINIAN WRITTEN SOURCES OF THE XVI – THE FIRST HALF OF THE XVII CENTURY

Abstract

The article is devoted to the functioning of Church Slavonic nouns formed by prefix and prefix-suffix methods, based on the materials of various genres and styles of secular written sources, which were included in the canon «Dictionary of the Ukrainian language of the XVI – first half of the XVII century» and its unique Card File. The main word-forming models of Church Slavonic vocabulary with the prefixes въз- (воз-) / въс- (вос-), въ- (в-, во-), из- / ис-, пред-, пре- (прѣ-), раз- / рас-, съ- (со-), which are borrowed from the Proto-Slavic period through Old Slavic mediation into the Old Ukrainian language, are analyzed. With these prefixes, more than 120 verb Church Slavonic nouns are attested in the researched sources (25 tokens are formed by the prefix method, the rest are confix derivatives). It was learned that not all formants in the Ukrainian language of XVI – first half of XVII century equally participated in the creation of Church Slavonic nouns. The most productive word-forming types, from which abstract Church Slavonicisms were formed, were the types with prepositional elements въз- (воз-), из- / ис-, раз- / рас-, съ- (со-) and with another affix -ниє (-ніє, -нїє). A number of derivatives to denote the names of persons are certified with postpositive components –тель and -никъ. Unproductive were the confixes with the suffixes -ость, -ница, -окъ, -ище. The Church Slavonic words, which are researched, are numerically represented in the works of polemical literature and texts of business and scientific styles. A small number of derivatives are recorded in fiction (including poetry) and chronicle literature of the time under study. It has been observed that some Church Slavonic nouns, formed in a prefix or prefix-suffix way, have expanded their meanings in the Old Ukrainian language. Some of them were core components in various phrases.