jagnje
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- jagńe (superseded)
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjaɡnʲɛ/, [ˈjaɡnʲə]
Noun
jagnje n (genitive jagnjeśa, diminutive jagnjetko)
- lamb (“young sheep”)
Declension
declension of jagnje
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | jagnje | jagnjeśi | jagnjeta |
| Genitive | jagnjeśa | jagnjeśowu | jagnjetow |
| Dative | jagnjeśeju | jagnjeśoma | jagnjetam |
| Accusative | jagnje | jagnjeśi | jagnjeta |
| Instrumental | jagnjeśim | jagnjeśoma | jagnjetami |
| Locative | jagnjeśu | jagnjeśoma | jagnjetach |
Hypernyms
- wójca (“sheep”)
Coordinate terms
- baran (“ram”)
- skop (“wether”)
- śiba (“ewe”)
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “jagńe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999), “jagnje”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Croatian) jȁnje
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *(j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jâɡɲe/
- Hyphenation: jag‧nje
Noun
jȁgnje n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гње)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) lamb; a young sheep
Declension
Declension of jagnje
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jagnje | jagnjad |
| genitive | jagnjeta | jagnjadi |
| dative | jagnjetu | jagnjadi |
| accusative | jagnje | jagnjad |
| vocative | jagnje | jagnjadi |
| locative | jagnjetu | jagnjadi |
| instrumental | jagnjetom | jagnjađu / jagnjadi |
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *(j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jàːɡnjɛ/
Noun
jágnje n
- lamb
Inflection
| Declension of jagnje (neuter, t-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | jagnje | ||
| gen. sing. | jagnjeta | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | jagnje | jagnjeti | jagnjeta |
| accusative | jagnje | jagnjeti | jagnjeta |
| genitive | jagnjeta | jagnjet | jagnjet |
| dative | jagnjetu | jagnjetoma | jagnjetom |
| locative | jagnjetu | jagnjetih | jagnjetih |
| instrumental | jagnjetom | jagnjetoma | jagnjeti |
Further reading
- “jagnje”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran