Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junьcь

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 *jȗnъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*junь̀cь m

1. youth

Declension

According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type B and to the accent curve variant B^c.

Declension of *junь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*junь̀cь	*junьcà	*junьcì
genitive	*junьcà	*junьcù	*junь̀cь
dative	*junьcù	*junьcèma	*junь̀cemъ
accusative	*junь̀cь	*junьcà	*junьcę̇̀
instrumental	*junьcь̀mь, *junьcèmь*	*junьcèma	*junь̀ci
locative	*junьcì	*junьcù	*junь̀cixъ
vocative	*junьče	*junьcà	*junьcì

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: уньць (unĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), ѭньць (jǫnĭcĭ)
    • Belarusian: юне́ц (junjéc)
    • Russian: юне́ц (junéc)
    • Ukrainian: юне́ць (junécʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: юньць (junĭcĭ)

    Glagolitic script: ⱓⱀⱐⱌⱐ (junĭcĭ)

  • Bulgarian: юне́ц (junéc); йуне́ц (junéc), йу́ниц (júnic) (dialectal)
  • Macedonian: јунец (junec)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ју́нац

    Latin script: júnac

  • Slovene: júnəc (tonal orthography); júnac (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: junec, jinec
    • Czech: junec (dialectal)
  • Kashubian: junc
  • Polabian: jaunăc, jainăc
  • Old Polish: Juniec (proper name)
    • Polish: juniec; joniec (dialectal)
  • Old Slovak: junec
    • Slovak: junec; juňec (dialectal)
  • Slovincian: jùńc

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*junьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 197