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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junъ
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *jauˀnás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwh₁n-o-s, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).
Adjective
*jȗnъ[1][2]
- young
Inflection
Accent paradigm c.
Indefinite declension of *junъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *junъ | *juna | *juno |
| Accusative | *junъ | *junǫ | *juno |
| Genitive | *juna | *juny | *juna |
| Locative | *juně | *juně | *juně |
| Dative | *junu | *juně | *junu |
| Instrumental | *junomь | *junojǫ | *junomь |
| Vocative | *june | *juno | *juno |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *juna | *juně | *juně |
| Accusative | *juna | *juně | *juně |
| Genitive | *junu | *junu | *junu |
| Locative | *junu | *junu | *junu |
| Dative | *junoma | *junama | *junoma |
| Instrumental | *junoma | *junama | *junoma |
| Vocative | *juna | *juně | *juně |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *juni | *juny | *juna |
| Accusative | *juny | *juny | *juna |
| Genitive | *junъ | *junъ | *junъ |
| Locative | *juněxъ | *junaxъ | *juněxъ |
| Dative | *junomъ | *junamъ | *junomъ |
| Instrumental | *juny | *junami | *juny |
| Vocative | *juni | *juny | *juna |
Definite declension of *junъ (hard)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *junъjь | *junaja | *junoje |
| Accusative | *junъjь | *junǫjǫ | *junoje |
| Genitive | *junajego | *junyję | *junajego |
| Locative | *junějemь | *juněji | *junějemь |
| Dative | *junujemu | *juněji | *junujemu |
| Instrumental | *junyjimi | *junǫjǫ | *junyjimi |
| Vocative | *junъjь | *junaja | *junoje |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *junaja | *juněji | *juněji |
| Accusative | *junaja | *juněji | *juněji |
| Genitive | *junuju | *junuju | *junuju |
| Locative | *junuju | *junuju | *junuju |
| Dative | *junyjima | *junyjima | *junyjima |
| Instrumental | *junyjima | *junyjima | *junyjima |
| Vocative | *junaja | *juněji | *juněji |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *juniji | *junyję | *junaja |
| Accusative | *junyję | *junyję | *junaja |
| Genitive | *junъjixъ | *junъjixъ | *junъjixъ |
| Locative | *junyjixъ | *junyjixъ | *junyjixъ |
| Dative | *junyjimъ | *junyjimъ | *junyjimъ |
| Instrumental | *junyjimi | *junyjimi | *junyjimi |
| Vocative | *juniji | *junyję | *junaja |
Synonyms
- *moldъ
Derived terms
- *junakъ (“young man”)
- *junota (“youth”)
- *junostь (“youth”)
- *junoxъ
- *junoša
- *junošь
- *junę
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ю́ны (júny)
- Russian: ю́ный (júnyj)
- Ukrainian: ю́ний (júnyj)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: юнъ (junŭ)
- Bulgarian: юнак (junak)
- West Slavic:
- Czech: jonák, (Moravian) junák
- Polish: junak
- Slovak: junák
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ю́ный”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*jȗnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 208: “adj. o (c) ‘young’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “junъ juna juno”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c ung (NA 139, 143; SA 25, 42, 111, 114, 123; PR 138)”