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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic агнѧ (agnę), ꙗгнѧ (jagnę) + -ёнок (-jónok), from Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-, the stem of *h₂egʷnós. Compare а́гнец (ágnec).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪɡˈnʲɵnək]
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  • (dialectal) IPA(key): [(j)ɪˈnʲɵnək] (phonetic respelling: янёнок)

Noun

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ягнёнок (jagnjónokm anim (genitive ягнёнка, nominative plural ягня́та, genitive plural ягня́т)

  1. lamb

Declension

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