Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajьnъ

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

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Etymology

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From *ȃje +‎ *-ьnъ.

Adjective

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*ȃjьnъ

  1. egg-related, egg-made
    Synonym: *ajьčьnъ
  2. ovate, egg-shaped
    Synonyms: *ajatъ, *ajitъ, *ajьčęstъ

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ја̑јнӣ
      Latin script: jȃjnī
    • Slovene: jájen
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajьnъjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 64