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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.
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Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From *jȗnъ + *-ьcь.
Noun
*junь̀cь m
- youth
Declension
According to the Dybo’s system, the form belongs to the accent type B and to the accent curve variant Bc.
Declension of *junь̀cь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*junь̀cь
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*junьcà
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*junьcì
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| genitive
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*junьcà
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*junьcù
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*junь̀cь
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| dative
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*junьcù
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*junьcèma
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*junь̀cemъ
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| accusative
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*junь̀cь
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*junьcà
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*junьcę̇̀
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| instrumental
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*junьcь̀mь, *junьcèmь*
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*junьcèma
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*junь̀ci
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| locative
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*junьcì
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*junьcù
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*junь̀cixъ
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| vocative
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*junьče
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*junьcà
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*junьcì
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* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: уньць (unĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), ѭньць (jǫnĭcĭ)
- Belarusian: юне́ц (junjéc)
- Russian: юне́ц (junéc)
- Ukrainian: юне́ць (junécʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic script: юньць (junĭcĭ)
- Glagolitic script: ⱓⱀⱐⱌⱐ (junĭcĭ)
- Bulgarian: юне́ц (junéc); йуне́ц (junéc), йу́ниц (júnic) (dialectal)
- Macedonian: јунец (junec)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ју́нац
- Latin script: júnac
- Slovene: júnəc (tonal orthography); júnac (dialectal)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: junec, jinec
- Kashubian: junc
- Polabian: jaunăc, jainăc
- Old Polish: Juniec (proper name)
- Old Slovak: junec
- Slovak: junec; juňec (dialectal)
- Slovincian: jùńc
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*junьcь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 197