Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agnęťь

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 *àgnę (“lamb”) +‎ *-ьjь.

Adjective

*agnęťь^[1]

(relational) lamb, from the lamb

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *agnęťь (soft)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťь	*agnęťa	*agnęťe
genitive	*agnęťa	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa
dative	*agnęťu	*agnęťi	*agnęťu
accusative	*agnęťь	*agnęťǫ	*agnęťe
instrumental	*agnęťemь	*agnęťejǫ	*agnęťemь
locative	*agnęťi	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
vocative	*agnęťu	*agnęťe	*agnęťe
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťa	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
genitive	*agnęťu	*agnęťu	*agnęťu
dative	*agnęťema	*agnęťama	*agnęťema
accusative	*agnęťa	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
instrumental	*agnęťema	*agnęťama	*agnęťema
locative	*agnęťu	*agnęťu	*agnęťu
vocative	*agnęťa	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťi	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa
genitive	*agnęťь	*agnęťь	*agnęťь
dative	*agnęťemъ	*agnęťamъ	*agnęťemъ
accusative	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa
instrumental	*agnęťi	*agnęťami	*agnęťi
locative	*agnęťixъ	*agnęťaxъ	*agnęťixъ
vocative	*agnęťi	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa

Definite declension of *agnęťь (soft)
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťьjь	*agnęťaja	*agnęťeje
genitive	*agnęťajego	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťajego
dative	*agnęťujemu	*agnęťiji	*agnęťujemu
accusative	*agnęťьjь	*agnęťǫjǫ	*agnęťeje
instrumental	*agnęťijimь	*agnęťǫjǫ	*agnęťijimь
locative	*agnęťijemь	*agnęťiji	*agnęťijemь
vocative	*agnęťьjь	*agnęťaja	*agnęťeje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťaja	*agnęťiji	*agnęťiji
genitive	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju
dative	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima
accusative	*agnęťaja	*agnęťiji	*agnęťiji
instrumental	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima
locative	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju
vocative	*agnęťaja	*agnęťiji	*agnęťiji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťiji	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťaja
genitive	*agnęťьjixъ	*agnęťьjixъ	*agnęťьjixъ
dative	*agnęťijimъ	*agnęťijimъ	*agnęťijimъ
accusative	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťaja
instrumental	*agnęťijimi	*agnęťijimi	*agnęťijimi
locative	*agnęťijixъ	*agnęťijixъ	*agnęťijixъ
vocative	*agnęťiji	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťaja

Related terms

nouns

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

verbs

*agniti impf (“to yean”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: ягня́чий (jagnjáčij)
- Ukrainian: ягня́чий (jahnjáčyj)
South Slavic:
- Church Slavonic: агнѧшть (agnęštĭ) (Serbian recension)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: jàgnjeći, jagnjèći, janjeći
  
  Cyrillic script: ја̀гњећи, јагњѐћи, јањећи
- Slovene: jagneči, jágnječji, jánječi (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jehněčí; jehněcí (dated)
- Slovak: jahňací
- Polish: jagnięcy
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jagńecy

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agnęťьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 56

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agnęťьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 56

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