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)

Etymology

From *gǫ̑sь (“goose”) +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*gǫsyni f

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)
      • Russian: гусы́ня (gusýnja)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: гусиња (dialectal)

    Latin script: gusinja (dialectal)