Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agodьnica

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agodьnica

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 *àgoda +‎ *-ьnica.

Noun

*agodьnica f[1]

1. definition unclear

Inflection

Declension of *agodьnica (soft a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*agodьnica	*agodьnici	*agodьnicę̇
Accusative	*agodьnicǫ	*agodьnici	*agodьnicę̇
Genitive	*agodьnicę̇	*agodьnicu	*agodьnicь
Locative	*agodьnici	*agodьnicu	*agodьnicasъ, *agodьnicaxъ*
Dative	*agodьnici	*agodьnicama	*agodьnicamъ
Instrumental	*agodьnicejǫ, *agodьnicǫ**	*agodьnicama	*agodьnicami
Vocative	*agodьnice	*agodьnici	*agodьnicę̇

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

nouns

• *agodica f (“cheek”)
• *agodina f (“berry”)
• *agodišče n (“place where the berries grow”)
• *agodьje n (“berries”)
• *agodьnikъ m

 

adjectives

• *agodьnъ (“pertaining to berry, of berry”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Ukrainian: ягідни́ця (jahidnýcja, “berry picking”)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: я́годница (jágodnica, “name of some tree”)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jahodnice (“mulberry tree; strawberry dip”)
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: jahodnica (“berry juice”)

References

1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agodьnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 60