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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mękyna
 | 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 *mękъkъ.
Noun
*mękyna f
- chaff
Declension
Declension of *mękyna (hard a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *mękyna | *mękyně | *mękyny |
| Accusative | *mękynǫ | *mękyně | *mękyny |
| Genitive | *mękyny | *mękynu | *mękynъ |
| Locative | *mękyně | *mękynu | *mękynasъ, *mękynaxъ* |
| Dative | *mękyně | *mękynama | *mękynamъ |
| Instrumental | *mękynojǫ, *mękynǫ** | *mękynama | *mękynami |
| Vocative | *mękyno | *mękyně | *mękyny |
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: мѧки́на (mjakína), меки́на (mekína)
- Belarusian: мякі́на (mjakína), мекі́на (mjekína)
- Ukrainian: м'яки́на (mʺjakýna), мняки́на (mnjakýna)
- Russian: мяки́на (mjakína)
- Old Ruthenian: мѧки́на (mjakína), меки́на (mekína)
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: меки́на (mekína)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: мѐкиње pl
- Slovene: mekína (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Polish: miękina
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “мяки́на”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress