Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/agniti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *agnъ (“sheep, lamb”) +‎ *-iti.

Verb

*agniti impf^[1]^[2]

(reflexive with *sę, of sheep) to yean

Conjugation

Conjugation of *agniti, *agni, *agnitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*agňenьje	*agniti	*agnitъ	*agnilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*agňenъ	*agnimъ
Active	*agňь	*agnę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*agnixъ	*agni	*agni	*agňǫ	*agniši	*agnitь
Dual	*agnixově	*agnista	*agniste	*agnivě	*agnita	*agnite
Plural	*agnixomъ	*agniste	*agnišę	*agnimъ	*agnite	*agnętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*agňaaxъ	*agňaaše	*agňaaše	—	*agni	*agni
Dual	*agňaaxově	*agňaašeta	*agňaašete	*agnivě	*agnita	—
Plural	*agňaaxomъ	*agňaašete	*agňaaxǫ	*agnimъ	*agnite	—

(*)*agnivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Related terms

(nouns):

*agnę n (“lamb”)
*agnędьje n (“lambs”)
*agnędъ m (“catkin; poplar”)
*agnętina f (“lamb meat”)
*agnica f (“female lamb?”)
*agnьcь m (“lamb”)

(adjectives):

*agnęťьjь (“of lamb”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: ягні́цца (jahnícca)
- Russian: ягни́ться (jagnítʹsja); яни́тъ (janít) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: ягни́тися (jahnýtysja)
South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: а́гня (ágnja)
- Macedonian: јагни (jagni)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Latin script: jȁgnjiti, jȁnjiti
  
  Cyrillic script: ја̏гњити, ја̏њити
- Slovene: jágnjiti (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: jehniti
- Polish: jagnić
- Slovak: jahniť
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jagniś

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agniti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 57
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “agniti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 151

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*agniti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 57

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “agniti”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 151

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