ꙗгнѧ

See also: ягня and агнѧ

Old East Slavic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑɡnɛ̃/→/ˈjaɡnʲa/→/ˈjaɡnʲa/

• (ca. 9^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjɑɡnɛ̃/
• (ca. 11^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaɡnʲa/
• (ca. 13^th CE) IPA^(key): /ˈjaɡnʲa/

• Hyphenation: ꙗг‧нѧ

Noun

ꙗгнѧ (jagnę) n

1. lamb

Declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ꙗгнѧ jagnę	ꙗгнѧтѣ jagnętě	ꙗгнѧта jagnęta
Genitive	ꙗгнѧте jagnęte	ꙗгнѧту jagnętu	ꙗгнѧтъ jagnętŭ
Dative	ꙗгнѧти jagnęti	ꙗгнѧтьма jagnętĭma	ꙗгнѧтьмъ jagnętĭmŭ
Accusative	ꙗгнѧ jagnę	ꙗгнѧтѣ jagnętě	ꙗгнѧта jagnęta
Instrumental	ꙗгнѧтьмь jagnętĭmĭ	ꙗгнѧтьма jagnętĭma	ꙗгнѧтꙑ jagnęty
Locative	ꙗгнѧте jagnęte	ꙗгнѧту jagnętu	ꙗгнѧтьхъ jagnętĭxŭ
Vocative	ꙗгнѧ jagnę	ꙗгнѧтѣ jagnętě	ꙗгнѧта jagnęta

Declension of ꙗгнѧ (t-stem)

Descendants

• Old Ruthenian: ꙗгнѧ (jahnja), ꙗгнє (jahnje), єгнє (jehnje)
  • Belarusian: ягня́ (jahnjá), ягнё (jahnjó)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ягня́ (jahnjá)
  • Ukrainian: ягня́ (jahnjá)
• ⇒ Russian: ягня́та pl (jagnjáta)
  • ⇒ Russian: ягнёнок (jagnjónok)

Old Ruthenian

ꙗгнѧ

Alternative forms

• ꙗгнє (jahnje), єгнє (jehnje)

Etymology

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

ꙗгнѧ • (jahnja) n

1. lamb

Derived terms

(nouns):

• ꙗгнѧтко n (jahnjatko)

Descendants

• Belarusian: ягня́ (jahnjá), ягнё (jahnjó)
• Carpathian Rusyn: ягня́ (jahnjá)
• Ukrainian: ягня́ (jahnjá)

Further reading

• 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