Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gǫsyni

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *gǫsyňi (Sławski[1])

Etymology

From *gǫ̑sь (“goose”) +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*gǫsyni f[1][2]

  1. a female goose

Declension

Declension of *gǫsyni (ī-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *gǫsyni *gǫsyňi *gǫsyňę̇
genitive *gǫsyňę̇ *gǫsyňu *gǫsyňь
dative *gǫsyňi *gǫsyňama *gǫsyňamъ
accusative *gǫsyňǫ *gǫsyňi *gǫsyňę̇
instrumental *gǫsyňejǫ, *gǫsyňǫ** *gǫsyňama *gǫsyňami
locative *gǫsyňi *gǫsyňu *gǫsyňasъ, *gǫsyňaxъ*
vocative *gǫsyňe *gǫsyňi *gǫsyňę̇

* -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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *гѫсꙑни (*gǫsyni)
      • Old Ruthenian: гусы́нѧ (husýnja)
        • Ukrainian: гуси́ня (husýnja)
      • Middle Russian: гусы́нꙗ (gusýnja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: гусиња (dialectal)
      Latin script: gusinja (dialectal)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “gǫsyn'i”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 172
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*gǫsyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 88
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