Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tajьna

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

Derived from *tajiti (“to hide”).

Noun

*tajьna f

1. secret, mystery

Declension

Declension of *tajьna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*tajьna	*tajьně	*tajьny
genitive	*tajьny	*tajьnu	*tajьnъ
dative	*tajьně	*tajьnama	*tajьnamъ
accusative	*tajьnǫ	*tajьně	*tajьny
instrumental	*tajьnojǫ, *tajьnǫ**	*tajьnama	*tajьnami
locative	*tajьně	*tajьnu	*tajьnasъ, *tajьnaxъ*
vocative	*tajьno	*tajьně	*tajьny

^* -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: таина (taina)
    • Belarusian: та́йна (tájna)
    • Russian: та́йна (tájna)
    • Ukrainian: та́йна (tájna)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: та́йна (tájna)
  • Macedonian: тајна (tajna)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: та̑јна

    Latin script: tȃjna

  • Slovene: tájna (tonal orthography)

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “та́йна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress