Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kunь
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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
From *kunà (“marten”) + *-ьjь.
Adjective
*kunь[1]
Declension
Indefinite declension of *kunь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kunь | *kuna | *kune |
| genitive | *kuna | *kunę̇ | *kuna |
| dative | *kunu | *kuni | *kunu |
| accusative | *kunь | *kunǫ | *kune |
| instrumental | *kunemь | *kunejǫ | *kunemь |
| locative | *kuni | *kuni | *kuni |
| vocative | *kunu | *kune | *kune |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *kuna | *kuni | *kuni |
| genitive | *kunu | *kunu | *kunu |
| dative | *kunema | *kunama | *kunema |
| accusative | *kuna | *kuni | *kuni |
| instrumental | *kunema | *kunama | *kunema |
| locative | *kunu | *kunu | *kunu |
| vocative | *kuna | *kuni | *kuni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *kuni | *kunę̇ | *kuna |
| genitive | *kunь | *kunь | *kunь |
| dative | *kunemъ | *kunamъ | *kunemъ |
| accusative | *kunę̇ | *kunę̇ | *kuna |
| instrumental | *kuni | *kunami | *kuni |
| locative | *kunixъ | *kunaxъ | *kunixъ |
| vocative | *kuni | *kunę̇ | *kuna |
Definite declension of *kunь (soft)
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *kunьjь | *kunaja | *kuneje |
| genitive | *kunajego | *kunę̇ję̇ | *kunajego |
| dative | *kunujemu | *kuniji | *kunujemu |
| accusative | *kunьjь | *kunǫjǫ | *kuneje |
| instrumental | *kunijimь | *kunǫjǫ | *kunijimь |
| locative | *kunijemь | *kuniji | *kunijemь |
| vocative | *kunьjь | *kunaja | *kuneje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *kunaja | *kuniji | *kuniji |
| genitive | *kunuju | *kunuju | *kunuju |
| dative | *kunijima | *kunijima | *kunijima |
| accusative | *kunaja | *kuniji | *kuniji |
| instrumental | *kunijima | *kunijima | *kunijima |
| locative | *kunuju | *kunuju | *kunuju |
| vocative | *kunaja | *kuniji | *kuniji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *kuniji | *kunę̇ję̇ | *kunaja |
| genitive | *kunьjixъ | *kunьjixъ | *kunьjixъ |
| dative | *kunijimъ | *kunijimъ | *kunijimъ |
| accusative | *kunę̇ję̇ | *kunę̇ję̇ | *kunaja |
| instrumental | *kunijimi | *kunijimi | *kunijimi |
| locative | *kunijixъ | *kunijixъ | *kunijixъ |
| vocative | *kuniji | *kunę̇ję̇ | *kunaja |
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: kȗnji (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kunьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 107