ячмень

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Belarusian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ęčьmy. Cognate with Russian ячме́нь (jačménʹ).

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Noun

ячме́нь • (jačmjénʹ) m inan (genitive ячме́ню, uncountable)

  1. barley

Declension

Declension of ячме́нь (inan sg-only soft masc-form accent-a)
singular
nominative ячме́нь
jačmjénʹ
genitive ячме́ню
jačmjénju
dative ячме́ню
jačmjénju
accusative ячме́нь
jačmjénʹ
instrumental ячме́нем
jačmjénjem
locative ячме́ні
jačmjéni

References

  • “ячмень” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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ячмень

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ꙗчьмꙑ (jačĭmy), from Proto-Slavic *(j)ęčьmy. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀκοστή (akostḗ, “barley”), Latin acus (“needle”) and Old English ahar (“corn-ear”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ячме́нь • (jačménʹ) m inan (genitive ячменя́, nominative plural ячмени́, genitive plural ячмене́й)

  1. barley (annual temperate grasses of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grain used in making food and beverages)
  2. stye (bacterial infection of the eyelash or eyelid)

Declension

Declension of ячме́нь (inan masc-form soft-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative ячме́нь
jačménʹ 		ячмени́
jačmení
genitive ячменя́
jačmenjá 		ячмене́й
jačmenéj
dative ячменю́
jačmenjú 		ячменя́м
jačmenjám
accusative ячме́нь
jačménʹ 		ячмени́
jačmení
instrumental ячменём
jačmenjóm 		ячменя́ми
jačmenjámi
prepositional ячмене́
jačmené 		ячменя́х
jačmenjáx

Descendants

  • → Abaza: ячмень (jaćmenʲ)
  • → Svan: ჭჷმინ (č̣əmin)

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ячмень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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