Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agnьcь

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agnьcь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *agnъ (“sheep, lamb”) +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*àgnьcь m[1][2][3]

1. lamb

Inflection

Declension of *àgnьcь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*àgnьcь	*àgnьca	*àgnьci
Accusative	*àgnьcь	*àgnьca	*àgnьcę̇
Genitive	*àgnьca	*àgnьcu	*àgnьcь
Locative	*àgnьci	*àgnьcu	*àgnьcīxъ
Dative	*àgnьcu	*àgnьcema	*àgnьcēmъ
Instrumental	*àgnьcьmь, *àgnьcemь*	*àgnьcema	*àgnьcī
Vocative	*àgnьče	*àgnьca	*àgnьci

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

nouns

• *agnę n (“lamb”)
• *agnędьje n (“lambs”)
• *agnędъ m (“catkin; poplar”)
• *agnętina f (“lamb meat”)
• *agnica f (“female lamb?”)

 

adjectives

• *agnęťьjь (“of lamb”)

 

verbs

• *agniti impf (“to yean”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: агньць (agnĭcĭ), агнець (agnecĭ), агнецъ (agnecŭ), агниць (agnicĭ)
    • Russian: а́гнец (ágnec) (ecclesiastical)
    • Ukrainian: а́гнець (áhnecʹ) (ecclesiastical)
    • Old Belarusian: агнецъ (ahnec)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic: агньць (agnĭcĭ), ꙗгньць (jagnĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic: ⰰⰳⱀⱐⱌⱐ (agnĭcĭ), ⱑⰳⱀⱐⱌⱐ (jagnĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: а́гнец (ágnec)
  • Macedonian: агнец (agnec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: ја̏гањац

    Latin: jȁganjac

    • Chakavian (Vrgada): jȁńe
    • Chakavian (Orbanići): jȁnjac
  • Slovene: jágnjec
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: jěhnec

References

1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*àgnьcь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26: “m. jo (a) ‘lamb’”
2. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agnьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
3. Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “agnьcь”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: National Ossoliński Institute, page 151

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “агнец”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress