Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkyni

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 *grьkъ +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*grьkyni f

1. Greek (female person)

Declension

Declension of *grьkyni (ī-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grьkyni	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňę̇
genitive	*grьkyňę̇	*grьkyňu	*grьkyňь
dative	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňama	*grьkyňamъ
accusative	*grьkyňǫ	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňę̇
instrumental	*grьkyňejǫ, *grьkyňǫ**	*grьkyňama	*grьkyňami
locative	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňu	*grьkyňasъ, *grьkyňaxъ*
vocative	*grьkyňe	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňę̇

^* -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: грькꙑни (grĭkyni)
    • Old Ruthenian: грекинꙗ (hrekinja)
      • Ukrainian: греки́ня (hrekýnja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Bulgarian: гърки́ня (gǎrkínja)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Гр̏киња

    Latin script: Gȑkinja

  • Slovene: Gȓkinja (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: Hřěkyni
    • Czech: Řekyně
  • Polish: Grekinia (archaic)
  • Old Slovak: Grékyňa
    • Pannonian Rusyn: Грекиня (Hrekinja)
    • Slovak: Grékyňa

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Albanian: gërqinjë