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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agniti
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *agnъ (“sheep, lamb”) + *-iti.
Verb
*agniti impf[1][2]
- (reflexive, of sheep) to yean
Conjugation
Conjugation of *agniti, *agni, *agnitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)
Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...
| Verbal noun | Infinitive | Supine | L-participle |
|---|---|---|---|
| *agňenьje | *agniti | *agnitъ | *agnilъ |
| Participles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tense | Past | Present |
| Passive | *agňenъ | *agnimъ |
| Active | *agňь | *agnę |
| Aorist | Present | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *agnixъ | *agni | *agni | *agňǫ | *agniši | *agnitь |
| Dual | *agnixově | *agnista | *agniste | *agnivě | *agnita | *agnite |
| Plural | *agnixomъ | *agniste | *agnišę | *agnimъ | *agnite | *agnętь |
| Imperfect | Imperative | |||||
| Person | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Singular | *agňaaxъ | *agňaaše | *agňaaše | — | *agni | *agni |
| Dual | *agňaaxově | *agňaašeta | *agňaašete | *agnivě | *agnita | — |
| Plural | *agňaaxomъ | *agňaašete | *agňaaxǫ | *agnimъ | *agnite | — |
- Notes:
- (*)*agnivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle
Related terms
nouns
- *agnę n (“lamb”)
- *agnędьje n (“lambs”)
- *agnędъ m (“catkin; poplar”)
- *agnętina f (“lamb meat”)
- *agnica f (“female lamb?”)
- *agnьcь m (“lamb”)
adjectives
- *agnęťьjь (“of lamb”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ягні́цца (jahnícca)
- Russian: ягни́ться (jagnítʹsja); яни́тъ (janít) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ягни́тися (jahnýtysja)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: а́гня (ágnja)
- Macedonian: јагнам (jagnam)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: jȁgnjiti, jȁnjiti
- Cyrillic: ја̏гњити, ја̏њити
- Slovene: jágnjiti (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: jehniti
- Polish: jagnić
- Slovak: jahniť
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: jagniś
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agniti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
- Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “agniti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 151