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

  1. chaff

Declension

Declension of *mękyna (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *mękyna *mękyně *mękyny
genitive *mękyny *mękynu *mękynъ
dative *mękyně *mękynama *mękynamъ
accusative *mękynǫ *mękyně *mękyny
instrumental *mękynojǫ, *mękynǫ** *mękynama *mękynami
locative *mękyně *mękynu *mękynasъ, *mękynaxъ*
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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old Ruthenian: мѧки́на (mjakína), меки́на (mekína)
      • Belarusian: мякі́на (mjakína), мекі́на (mjekína)
      • Ukrainian: м'яки́на (mʺjakýna), мняки́на (mnjakýna)
    • Russian: мяки́на (mjakína)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: меки́на (mekína)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: мѐкиње pl
    • Slovene: mekína (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мяки́на”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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