ягня
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Belarusian
Alternative forms
- ягнё (jahnjó)
- jahnia — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic агнѧ (agnę), ꙗгнѧ (jagnę), from Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷn-, the stem of *h₂egʷnós. Cognates include Ukrainian ягня́ (jahnjá).
Pronunciation
Noun
ягня́ • (jahnjá) n animal (genitive ягня́ці, nominative plural ягня́ты, genitive plural ягня́т)
Declension
Declension of ягня́ (anml t-stem neut-form accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ягня́ jahnjá |
ягня́ты jahnjáty |
| genitive | ягня́ці jahnjáci |
ягня́т jahnját |
| dative | ягня́ці jahnjáci |
ягня́там jahnjátam |
| accusative | ягня́ jahnjá |
ягня́т jahnját |
| instrumental | ягнём jahnjóm |
ягня́тамі jahnjátami |
| locative | ягня́ці jahnjáci |
ягня́тах jahnjátax |
| count form | — | ягня́ці1 jahnjáci1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
Further reading
- “ягня” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic агнѧ (agnę), ꙗгнѧ (jagnę), from Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.
Pronunciation
Noun
ягня́ • (jahnjá) n animal (genitive ягня́ти, nominative plural ягня́та, genitive plural ягня́т, diminutive ягня́тко)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ягня́ jahnjá |
ягня́та jahnjáta |
| genitive | ягня́ти jahnjáty |
ягня́т jahnját |
| dative | ягня́ті jahnjáti |
ягня́там jahnjátam |
| accusative | ягня́ jahnjá |
ягня́та, ягня́т jahnjáta, jahnját |
| instrumental | ягня́м jahnjám |
ягня́тами jahnjátamy |
| locative | ягня́ті jahnjáti |
ягня́тах jahnjátax |
| vocative | ягня́ jahnjá |
ягня́та jahnjáta |
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “ягня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “ягня”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “ягня”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)