Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/junьcь

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 *jȗnъ +‎ *-ьcь.

Noun

*junь̀cь m

  1. 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)
singular dual plural
nominative *junь̀cь *junьcà *junьcì
genitive *junьcà *junьcù *junь̀cь
dative *junьcù *junьcèma *junь̀cemъ
accusative *junь̀cь *junьcà *junьcę̇̀
instrumental *junьcь̀mь, *junьcèmь* *junьcèma *junь̀ci
locative *junьcì *junьcù *junь̀cixъ
vocative *junьče *junьcà *junьcì

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: уньць (unĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), юньць (junĭcĭ), ѭньць (jǫnĭcĭ)
  • 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
      • Czech: junec (dialectal)
    • 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