Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agnęťь

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 *àgnę (“lamb”) +‎ *-ьjь.

Adjective

*agnęťь

1. (relational) lamb, from the lamb

Inflection

Indefinite declension of *agnęťь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťь	*agnęťa	*agnęťe
genitive	*agnęťa	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa
dative	*agnęťu	*agnęťi	*agnęťu
accusative	*agnęťь	*agnęťǫ	*agnęťe
instrumental	*agnęťemь	*agnęťejǫ	*agnęťemь
locative	*agnęťi	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
vocative	*agnęťu	*agnęťe	*agnęťe
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťa	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
genitive	*agnęťu	*agnęťu	*agnęťu
dative	*agnęťema	*agnęťama	*agnęťema
accusative	*agnęťa	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
instrumental	*agnęťema	*agnęťama	*agnęťema
locative	*agnęťu	*agnęťu	*agnęťu
vocative	*agnęťa	*agnęťi	*agnęťi
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťi	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa
genitive	*agnęťь	*agnęťь	*agnęťь
dative	*agnęťemъ	*agnęťamъ	*agnęťemъ
accusative	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa
instrumental	*agnęťi	*agnęťami	*agnęťi
locative	*agnęťixъ	*agnęťaxъ	*agnęťixъ
vocative	*agnęťi	*agnęťę̇	*agnęťa

Definite declension of *agnęťь (soft)

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťьjь	*agnęťaja	*agnęťeje
genitive	*agnęťajego	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťajego
dative	*agnęťujemu	*agnęťiji	*agnęťujemu
accusative	*agnęťьjь	*agnęťǫjǫ	*agnęťeje
instrumental	*agnęťijimь	*agnęťǫjǫ	*agnęťijimь
locative	*agnęťijemь	*agnęťiji	*agnęťijemь
vocative	*agnęťьjь	*agnęťaja	*agnęťeje
dual	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťaja	*agnęťiji	*agnęťiji
genitive	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju
dative	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima
accusative	*agnęťaja	*agnęťiji	*agnęťiji
instrumental	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima	*agnęťijima
locative	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju	*agnęťuju
vocative	*agnęťaja	*agnęťiji	*agnęťiji
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*agnęťiji	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťaja
genitive	*agnęťьjixъ	*agnęťьjixъ	*agnęťьjixъ
dative	*agnęťijimъ	*agnęťijimъ	*agnęťijimъ
accusative	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťaja
instrumental	*agnęťijimi	*agnęťijimi	*agnęťijimi
locative	*agnęťijixъ	*agnęťijixъ	*agnęťijixъ
vocative	*agnęťiji	*agnęťę̇ję̇	*agnęťaja

Related terms

nouns

• *agnędьje n (“lambs”)
• *agnędъ m (“catkin; poplar”)
• *agnętina f (“lamb meat”)
• *agnica f (“female lamb?”)
• *agnьcь m (“lamb”)
• *agnъ m (“lamb”)

verbs

• *agniti impf (“to yean”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: ягня́чий (jagnjáčij)
  • Ukrainian: ягня́чий (jahnjáčyj)
• South Slavic:
  • Church Slavonic: агнѧшть (agnęštĭ) (Serbian recension)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: jàgnjeći, jagnjèći, janjeći

    Cyrillic script: ја̀гњећи, јагњѐћи, јањећи

  • Slovene: jagneči, jágnječji, jánječi (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jehněčí; jehněcí (dated)
  • Slovak: jahňací
  • Polish: jagnięcy
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jagńecy