Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junьcь

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 *jȗnъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*junь̀cь m

youth

Declension

According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type B and to the accent curve variant B^c.

Declension of *junь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*junь̀cь	*junьcà	*junьcì
genitive	*junьcà	*junьcù	*junь̀cь
dative	*junьcù	*junьcèma	*junь̀cemъ
accusative	*junь̀cь	*junьcà	*junьcę̇̀
instrumental	junьcь̀mь, junьcèmь^*	*junьcèma	*junь̀ci
locative	*junьcì	*junьcù	*junь̀cixъ
vocative	*junьče	*junьcà	*junьcì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: уньць (unĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), ѭньць (jǫnĭcĭ)
  - Belarusian: юне́ц (junjéc)
  - Russian: юне́ц (junéc)
  - Ukrainian: юне́ць (junécʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: юньць (junĭcĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱓⱀⱐⱌⱐ (junĭcĭ)
- Bulgarian: юне́ц (junéc); йуне́ц (junéc), йу́ниц (júnic) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: јунец (junec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ју́нац
  
  Latin script: júnac
- Slovene: júnəc (tonal orthography); júnac (dialectal)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: junec, jinec
  - Czech: junec (dialectal)
- Kashubian: junc
- Polabian: jaunăc, jainăc
- Old Polish: Juniec (proper name)
  - Polish: juniec; joniec (dialectal)
- Old Slovak: junec
  - Slovak: junec; juňec (dialectal)
- Slovincian: jùńc