jagnje

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

  • jagńe (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaɡ.ɲɛ/
  • Rhymes: -aɡɲɛ
  • Syllabification: jag‧nje

Noun

jagnje n (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

Declension of jagnje
singular plural
nominative jagnje jagnjad
genitive jagnjeta jagnjadi
dative jagnjetu jagnjadi
accusative jagnje jagnjad
vocative jagnje jagnjadi
locative jagnjetu jagnjadi
instrumental jagnjetom jagnjađu / jagnjadi

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jàːɡnjɛ/

Noun

jágnje n

  1. lamb

Declension

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 (in Slovene), 2014–2025