Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agnę

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 *agnъ (“lamb”) +‎ *-ę.

Noun

*àgnę n^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

lamb

Declension

Declension of *àgnę (nt-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*àgnę	*àgnęti	*àgnętā
genitive	*àgnęte	*àgnętu	*àgnętъ
dative	*àgnęti	*àgnętьma	*àgnętьmъ
accusative	*àgnę	*àgnęti	*àgnętā
instrumental	*àgnętьmь	*àgnętьma	*àgnętȳ
locative	*àgnęte	*àgnętu	*àgnętьxъ
vocative	*àgnę	*àgnęti	*àgnętā

Derived terms

(nouns):

*agnędъ m (“catkin; poplar”)
*agnętina f (“lamb meat”)

(adjectives):

*agnęťьjь (“of lamb”)

Related terms

(nouns):

*agnędьje n (“lambs”)
*agnica f (“female lamb?”)
*agnьcь m (“lamb”)
*agnъ m (“lamb”)

(verbs):

*agniti impf (“to yean”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: ꙗгнѧ (jagnę)
  - Old Ruthenian: ꙗгнѧ (jahnja), ꙗгнє (jahnje), єгнє (jehnje)
    - Belarusian: ягня́ (jahnjá), ягнё (jahnjó)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: ягня́ (jahnjá)
    - Ukrainian: ягня́ (jahnjá)
  - ⇒ Russian: ягня́та pl (jagnjáta)
    - ⇒ Russian: ягнёнок (jagnjónok)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Glagolitic script: ⰰⰳⱀⱔ (agnę)
  Old Cyrillic script: агнѧ (agnę)
  - Bulgarian: а́гне (ágne)
  - Macedonian: ја́гне (jágne)
  - → Old East Slavic: агнѧ (agnę)
    Old Ruthenian: агнѧ (ahnja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ја̏гње, ја̏ње
  
  Latin script: jȁgnje, jȁnje
- Slovene: jágnje (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jěhně
  - Czech: jehně
- Polish: jagnię
- Kashubian: jagniã
- Polabian: jogną
- Slovak: jahňa
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: jehnjo
  - Lower Sorbian: jagnje

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*àgnę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26: “n. nt (a) ‘lamb’”
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agnę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 54
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “agnę”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 150
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “agnę -ęte”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 142; PR 132)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*àgnę”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26: “n. nt (a) ‘lamb’”

[2] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agnę”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 54

[3] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “agnę”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 150

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001) “agnę -ęte”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 142; PR 132)”

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