ꙗгнѧ

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See also: ягня and агнѧ

Old East Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *agnę. Doublet of агнѧ (agnę).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjɑɡnɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjaɡnʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈjaɡnʲa/
  • Hyphenation: ꙗг‧нѧ

Noun[edit]

ꙗгнѧ (jagnęn

  1. lamb

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Old Ruthenian[edit]

ꙗгнѧ

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗгнѧ (jagnę), from Proto-Slavic *agnę, from *agnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ōgnas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós. Cognate with Polish jagnię, Latin agnus. Doublet of агнѧ (ahnja).

Noun[edit]

ꙗгнѧ (jahnjan

  1. lamb

Derived terms[edit]

nouns

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “ягня, егне, ягне”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 288
  • Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1982), “агня”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 1 (а – биенье), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 68