Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/grьkyni

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 *grьkъ +‎ *-yni.

Noun

*grьkyni f^[1]^[2]

Greek (female person)

Declension

Declension of *grьkyni (ī-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*grьkyni	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňę̇
genitive	*grьkyňę̇	*grьkyňu	*grьkyňь
dative	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňama	*grьkyňamъ
accusative	*grьkyňǫ	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňę̇
instrumental	grьkyňejǫ, grьkyňǫ^**	*grьkyňama	*grьkyňami
locative	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňu	grьkyňasъ, grьkyňaxъ^*
vocative	*grьkyňe	*grьkyňi	*grьkyňę̇

^* -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

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  - Bulgarian: гърки́ня (gǎrkínja)
  - → Old East Slavic: грькꙑни (grĭkyni)
    - Old Ruthenian: грекинѧ (hrekinja)
      - Ukrainian: греки́ня (hrekýnja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: Гр̏киња
  
  Latin script: Gȑkinja
- Slovene: Gȓkinja (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: Hřěkyni
  - Czech: Řekyně
- Polish: Grekinia (archaic)
- Old Slovak: Grékyňa
  - Pannonian Rusyn: Грекиня (Hrekinja)
  - Slovak: Grékyňa

Non-Slavic:
- → Albanian: gërqinjë

References

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьkъ, *grьčinъ, *grьkyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163
^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “grьkyn'i”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 265

[1] Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1980), “*grьkъ, *grьčinъ, *grьkyni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 7 (*golvačь – *gyžati), Moscow: Nauka, page 163

[2] Sławski, Franciszek, editor (2001), “grьkyn'i”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 8 (goda – gyža), Wrocław: Ossolineum, →ISBN, page 265

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