Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ajina
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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
Abstract noun from *ȃje (“egg”) + *-ina, probably originally implying "eggness" (property or feature relevant to eggs).
Noun
*ājinà f
Declension
Declension of *ājinà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ājinà | *ajĩně | *ājinỳ |
| genitive | *ājinỳ | *ājinù | *ajĩnъ |
| dative | *ājině̀ | *ājinàma | *ājinàmъ |
| accusative | *ājinǫ̀ | *ajĩně | *ājinỳ |
| instrumental | *ājinòjǫ, *ajĩnǫ** | *ājinàma | *ājinàmī |
| locative | *ājině̀ | *ājinù | *ājinàsъ, *ājinàxъ* |
| vocative | *ajino | *ajĩně | *ājinỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
Descendants
- South Slavic:
In toponyms:
- Serbo-Croatian: Јајина
- ⇒ Горња Јајина (“Upper Jajina”)
- ⇒ Доња Јајина (“Lower Jajina”)
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1974), “*ajina”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 1 (*a – *besědьlivъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 62