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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agnęťьjь
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *àgnę (“lamb”) + *-ьjь.
Adjective
*agnęťьjь[1]
- (relational) lamb
Inflection
Indefinite declension of *agnęťьjь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *agnęťь | *agnęťa | *agnęťe |
| Accusative | *agnęťь | *agnęťǫ | *agnęťe |
| Genitive | *agnęťa | *agnęťę | *agnęťa |
| Locative | *agnęťi | *agnęťi | *agnęťi |
| Dative | *agnęťu | *agnęťi | *agnęťu |
| Instrumental | *agnęťemь | *agnęťejǫ | *agnęťemь |
| Vocative | *agnęťu | *agnęťe | *agnęťe |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *agnęťa | *agnęťi | *agnęťi |
| Accusative | *agnęťa | *agnęťi | *agnęťi |
| Genitive | *agnęťu | *agnęťu | *agnęťu |
| Locative | *agnęťu | *agnęťu | *agnęťu |
| Dative | *agnęťema | *agnęťama | *agnęťema |
| Instrumental | *agnęťema | *agnęťama | *agnęťema |
| Vocative | *agnęťa | *agnęťi | *agnęťi |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *agnęťi | *agnęťę | *agnęťa |
| Accusative | *agnęťę | *agnęťę | *agnęťa |
| Genitive | *agnęťь | *agnęťь | *agnęťь |
| Locative | *agnęťixъ | *agnęťaxъ | *agnęťixъ |
| Dative | *agnęťemъ | *agnęťamъ | *agnęťemъ |
| Instrumental | *agnęťi | *agnęťami | *agnęťi |
| Vocative | *agnęťi | *agnęťę | *agnęťa |
Definite declension of *agnęťьjь (soft)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *agnęťьjь | *agnęťaja | *agnęťeje |
| Accusative | *agnęťьjь | *agnęťǫjǫ | *agnęťeje |
| Genitive | *agnęťajego | *agnęťęję | *agnęťajego |
| Locative | *agnęťijemь | *agnęťiji | *agnęťijemь |
| Dative | *agnęťujemu | *agnęťiji | *agnęťujemu |
| Instrumental | *agnęťijimi | *agnęťǫjǫ | *agnęťijimi |
| Vocative | *agnęťьjь | *agnęťaja | *agnęťeje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *agnęťaja | *agnęťiji | *agnęťiji |
| Accusative | *agnęťaja | *agnęťiji | *agnęťiji |
| Genitive | *agnęťuju | *agnęťuju | *agnęťuju |
| Locative | *agnęťuju | *agnęťuju | *agnęťuju |
| Dative | *agnęťijima | *agnęťijima | *agnęťijima |
| Instrumental | *agnęťijima | *agnęťijima | *agnęťijima |
| Vocative | *agnęťaja | *agnęťiji | *agnęťiji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *agnęťiji | *agnęťęję | *agnęťaja |
| Accusative | *agnęťęję | *agnęťęję | *agnęťaja |
| Genitive | *agnęťьjixъ | *agnęťьjixъ | *agnęťьjixъ |
| Locative | *agnęťijixъ | *agnęťijixъ | *agnęťijixъ |
| Dative | *agnęťijimъ | *agnęťijimъ | *agnęťijimъ |
| Instrumental | *agnęťijimi | *agnęťijimi | *agnęťijimi |
| Vocative | *agnęťiji | *agnęťęję | *agnęťaja |
Related terms
nouns
- *agnędьje n (“lambs”)
- *agnędъ m (“catkin; poplar”)
- *agnętina f (“lamb meat”)
- *agnica f (“female lamb?”)
- *agnьcь m (“lamb”)
- *agnъ m (“lamb”)
verbs
- *agniti impf (“to yean”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: ягня́чий (jagnjáčij)
- Ukrainian: ягня́чий (jahnjáčyj)
- South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: агнѧшть (agnęštĭ) (Serbian recension)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: jàgnjeći, jagnjèći, janjeći
- Cyrillic: ја̀гњећи, јагњѐћи, јањећи
- Slovene: jagneči, jágnječji, jánječi (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: jehněčí; jehněcí (dated)
- Slovak: jahňací
- Polish: jagnięcy
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: jagńecy
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agnęťьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 56