жьньць

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Old East Slavic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʑɪˈnɪt͡sʲɪ//ʑɪˈnʲɪt͡sʲɪ//ˈʑnʲɛt͡sʲ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɪˈnɪt͡sʲɪ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ʑɪˈnʲɪt͡sʲɪ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈʑnʲɛt͡sʲ/

  • Hyphenation: жь‧нь‧ць

Noun

жьньць (žĭnĭcĭ)

  1. reaper (person who reaps)

Declension

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Declension of жьньць (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative жьньць
žĭnĭcĭ
жьньца
žĭnĭca
жьньци
žĭnĭci
genitive жьньца
žĭnĭca
жьньцу
žĭnĭcu
жьньць
žĭnĭcĭ
dative жьньцу
žĭnĭcu
жьньцема
žĭnĭcema
жьньцемъ
žĭnĭcemŭ
accusative жьньць
žĭnĭcĭ
жьньца
žĭnĭca
жьньцѣ
žĭnĭcě
instrumental жьньцьмь
žĭnĭcĭmĭ
жьньцема
žĭnĭcema
жьньци
žĭnĭci
locative жьньци
žĭnĭci
жьньцу
žĭnĭcu
жьньцихъ
žĭnĭcixŭ
vocative жьньче
žĭnĭče
жьньца
žĭnĭca
жьньци
žĭnĭci

Descendants

Note that modern Russian and Belarusian do not reflect Havlík's law in oblique forms, having normalized to .

The Belarusian dictionary of Bajkoŭ and Nekraševič (1925), however, contains the now archaic plural of жнец (žnjec)жанцы́ (žancý)

References

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “жьньць”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 887