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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajina
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Abstract noun from *ȃje (“egg”) + *-ina, probably originally implying "eggness" (property or feature relevant to eggs).
Noun
*ājinà f
- eggshell
Declension
Declension of *ājinà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *ājinà | *ajĩně | *ājinỳ |
Accusative | *ājinǫ̀ | *ajĩně | *ājinỳ |
Genitive | *ājinỳ | *ājinù | *ajĩnъ |
Locative | *ājině̀ | *ājinù | *ājinàsъ, *ājinàxъ* |
Dative | *ājině̀ | *ājinàma | *ājinàmъ |
Instrumental | *ājinòjǫ, *ajĩnǫ** | *ājinàma | *ājinàmī |
Vocative | *ajino | *ajĩně | *ājinỳ |
* -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).
** 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
- *ajьnъ (“egg-related”)
- *ajьnikъ (“egg product”)
- *ajьno (“amnion”)
- *ajьčьnъ (“egg-related”)
- *ajьčьňa (“eggness”)
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: јајина (“eggshell”) (dialectal)
- Latin: jajina (“eggshell”) (dialectal)
- Serbo-Croatian:
In toponyms:
- Serbo-Croatian: Јајина
- ⇒ Горња Јајина (“Upper Jajina”)
- ⇒ Доња Јајина (“Lower Jajina”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974) , “*ajina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1: (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 62