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Old East Slavic
Noun
агнець (agnecĭ) m
- alternative spelling of агньць (agnĭcĭ)
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic агньць (agnĭcĭ), from Proto-Slavic *agnьcь, a derivative of *àgnę; eventually from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.
Pronunciation
Noun
а́гнець • (áhnecʹ) m animal (genitive а́гнця, nominative plural а́гнці, genitive plural а́гнців)
- (archaic) lamb; sheep
Declension
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “агнець”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “а́гнець”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
- “агнець”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)