агнѧ

See also: ягня and ꙗгнѧ

Old Church Slavonic

Alternative forms

• (Glagolitic): ⰰⰳⱀⱔ (agnę)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *agnę, from *agnъ + *-ę, the former from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Noun

агнѧ • (agnę) n

1. lamb

Declension

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	агнѧ agnę	агнѧтѣ agnętě	агнѧта agnęta
genitive	агнѧте agnęte	агнѧтоу agnętu	агнѧтъ agnętŭ
dative	агнѧти agnęti	агнѧтьма agnętĭma	агнѧтьмъ agnętĭmŭ
accusative	агнѧ agnę	агнѧтѣ agnętě	агнѧта agnęta
instrumental	агнѧтьмь agnętĭmĭ	агнѧтьма agnętĭma	агнѧтꙑ agnęty
locative	агнѧте agnęte	агнѧтоу agnętu	агнѧтьхъ agnętĭxŭ
vocative	агнѧ agnę	агнѧтѣ agnętě	агнѧта agnęta

Declension of агнѧ (nt-stem)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: а́гне (ágne)
• Macedonian: ја́гне (jágne)
• → Old East Slavic: агнѧ (agnę)
  • Old Ruthenian: агнѧ (ahnja)

References

• “агнѧ”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
• Cejtlin, R.M.; Večerka, R.; Blagova, E., editors (1994), “агнѧ”, in Staroslavjanskij slovarʹ (po rukopisjam X—XI vekov) [Old Church Slavonic Dictionary (Based on 10–11th Century Manuscripts)], Moscow: Russkij jazyk
• Hauptova Z., editor (1958–1997), “агнѧ”, in Slovník jazyka staroslověnského (Lexicon linguae palaeoslovenicae), Prague: Euroslavica
• Halla-aho, Jussi (2006) Problems of Proto-Slavic Historical Nominal Morphology: On the Basis of Old Church Slavic (Slavica Helsingiensia; 26), Helsinki: University of Helsinki
• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic агнѧ (agnę), from Proto-Slavic *agnę. Doublet of ꙗгнѧ (jagnę).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡnɛ̃/→/ˈaɡnʲa/→/ˈaɡnʲa/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɡnɛ̃/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡnʲa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈaɡnʲa/

• Hyphenation: аг‧нѧ

Noun

агнѧ (agnę) n

1. lamb

Declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	агнѧ agnę	агнѧтѣ agnętě	агнѧта agnęta
Genitive	агнѧте agnęte	агнѧту agnętu	агнѧтъ agnętŭ
Dative	агнѧти agnęti	агнѧтьма agnętĭma	агнѧтьмъ agnętĭmŭ
Accusative	агнѧ agnę	агнѧтѣ agnętě	агнѧта agnęta
Instrumental	агнѧтьмь agnętĭmĭ	агнѧтьма agnętĭma	агнѧтꙑ agnęty
Locative	агнѧте agnęte	агнѧту agnętu	агнѧтьхъ agnętĭxŭ
Vocative	агнѧ agnę	агнѧтѣ agnętě	агнѧта agnęta

Declension of агнѧ (t-stem)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: агнѧ (ahnja)

References

• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “агнѧ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 6