ягня

See also: агнѧ and ꙗгнѧ

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• ягнё (jahnjó)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic агнѧ (agnę), ꙗгнѧ (jagnę), from Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-, the stem of *h₂egʷnós. Cognates include Ukrainian ягня́ (jahnjá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaɣˈnʲa]

Noun

ягня́ • (jahnjá) n animal (genitive ягня́ці, nominative plural ягня́ты, genitive plural ягня́т)

1. lamb

Declension

Declension of ягня́ (anml t-stem neut-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	ягня́ jahnjá	ягня́ты jahnjáty
genitive	ягня́ці jahnjáci	ягня́т jahnját
dative	ягня́ці jahnjáci	ягня́там jahnjátam
accusative	ягня́ jahnjá	ягня́т jahnját
instrumental	ягнём jahnjóm	ягня́тамі jahnjátami
locative	ягня́ці jahnjáci	ягня́тах jahnjátax
count form	—	ягня́ці1 jahnjáci1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “ягня” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic агнѧ (agnę), ꙗгнѧ (jagnę), from Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɐɦˈnʲa]

Noun

ягня́ • (jahnjá) n animal (genitive ягня́ти, nominative plural ягня́та, genitive plural ягня́т)

1. lamb

Declension

Declension of ягня́ (animal t-stem neut-form accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	ягня́ jahnjá	ягня́та jahnjáta
genitive	ягня́ти jahnjáty	ягня́т jahnját
dative	ягня́ті jahnjáti	ягня́там jahnjátam
accusative	ягня́ jahnjá	ягня́та, ягня́т jahnjáta, jahnját
instrumental	ягня́м jahnjám	ягня́тами jahnjátamy
locative	ягня́ті jahnjáti	ягня́тах jahnjátax
vocative	ягня́ jahnjá	ягня́та jahnjáta

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ягня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “ягня”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)