Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/mękyna

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 *mękъkъ.

Noun

*mękyna f

chaff

Declension

Declension of *mękyna (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*mękyna	*mękyně	*mękyny
genitive	*mękyny	*mękynu	*mękynъ
dative	*mękyně	*mękynama	*mękynamъ
accusative	*mękynǫ	*mękyně	*mękyny
instrumental	mękynojǫ, mękynǫ^**	*mękynama	*mękynami
locative	*mękyně	*mękynu	mękynasъ, mękynaxъ^*
vocative	*mękyno	*mękyně	*mękyny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old Ruthenian: мѧки́на (mjakína), меки́на (mekína)
  - Belarusian: мякі́на (mjakína), мекі́на (mjekína)
  - Ukrainian: м'яки́на (mʺjakýna), мняки́на (mnjakýna)
- Russian: мяки́на (mjakína)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: меки́на (mekína)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: мѐкиње pl
- Slovene: mekína (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Polish: miękina