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Proto-Slavic
Alternative reconstructions
Etymology
From *junoxa + *-ja.
Noun
*junoša m[1]
- youngster, young man
Inflection
* -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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: уноша (unoša)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*junoša/junošь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ю́ноша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress