jagnje

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • jagńe (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaɡnʲɛ/, [ˈjaɡnʲə]

Noun

jagnje n animal (genitive singular jagnjeśa, diminutive jagnjetko)

  1. lamb (young sheep)

Declension

Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • baran (ram)
  • skop (wether)
  • śiba (ewe)

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “jagńe”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “jagnje”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jâɡɲe/
  • Hyphenation: jag‧nje

Noun

jȁgnje n (Cyrillic spelling ја̏гње)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia) lamb; a young sheep

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)agnę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jàːɡnjɛ/

Noun

jágnje n

  1. lamb

Inflection

Declension of jagnje (neuter, t-stem)
nom. sing. jagnje
gen. sing. jagnjeta
singular dual plural
nominative jagnje jagnjeti jagnjeta
accusative jagnje jagnjeti jagnjeta
genitive jagnjeta jagnjet jagnjet
dative jagnjetu jagnjetoma jagnjetom
locative jagnjetu jagnjetih jagnjetih
instrumental jagnjetom jagnjetoma jagnjeti

Further reading

  • jagnje”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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