Lower Sorbian edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaɡnʲɛ/, [ˈjaɡnʲə]

Noun edit

jagnje n animal (genitive singular jagnjeśa, diminutive jagnjetko)

  1. lamb (young sheep)

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Further reading edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “jagńe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “jagnje”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jâɡɲe/
  • Hyphenation: jag‧nje

Noun edit

jȁgnje n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гње)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) lamb; a young sheep

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Slovene edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Slavic *(j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

jágnje n

  1. lamb

Inflection edit

Declension of jagnje (neuter, t-stem)
nom. sing. jagnje
gen. sing. jagnjeta
singular dual plural
nominative jagnje jagnjeti jagnjeta
accusative jagnje jagnjeti jagnjeta
genitive jagnjeta jagnjet jagnjet
dative jagnjetu jagnjetoma jagnjetom
locative jagnjetu jagnjetih jagnjetih
instrumental jagnjetom jagnjetoma jagnjeti

Further reading edit

  • jagnje”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran