Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agniti

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 *agnъ (“sheep, lamb”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*agniti impf

1. (reflexive with *sę, of sheep) to yean

Conjugation

Conjugation of *agniti, *agni, *agnitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*agňenьje	*agniti	*agnitъ	*agnilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*agňenъ	*agnimъ
Active	*agňь	*agnę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*agnixъ	*agni	*agni	*agňǫ	*agniši	*agnitь
Dual	*agnixově	*agnista	*agniste	*agnivě	*agnita	*agnite
Plural	*agnixomъ	*agniste	*agnišę	*agnimъ	*agnite	*agnętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*agňaaxъ	*agňaaše	*agňaaše	—	*agni	*agni
Dual	*agňaaxově	*agňaašeta	*agňaašete	*agnivě	*agnita	—
Plural	*agňaaxomъ	*agňaašete	*agňaaxǫ	*agnimъ	*agnite	—

Notes:
• (*)*agnivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

nouns

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

 

adjectives

• *agnęťьjь (“of lamb”)

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ягні́цца (jahnícca)
  • Russian: ягни́ться (jagnítʹsja); яни́тъ (janít) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: ягни́тися (jahnýtysja)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: а́гня (ágnja)
  • Macedonian: јагни (jagni)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: jȁgnjiti, jȁnjiti

    Cyrillic script: ја̏гњити, ја̏њити

  • Slovene: jágnjiti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: jehniti
  • Polish: jagnić
  • Slovak: jahniť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: jagniś