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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ogňь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis. Cognates include Lithuanian ugnis, Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), and Latin ignis.

According to Kortlandt *ogňь reflects a Balto-Slavic noun *ungnis in which the *-ngn- cluster blocked the operation of Winter's law. The sequence *un was lowered to *on before a tautosyllabic stop, with subsequent loss of the nasal as a result of dissimilation (as in *voda (“water”)). The expected reflex of Winter's law with a long vowel (Balto-Slavic */ū/ > Proto-Slavic */y/) is found in *vygъňь, *vygъňa (“forge”).

Noun

*ògňь m [1]

  1. fire

Declension
Declension of *ògňь (i-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ògňь *ogňì *ògňьjē, *ògňē*
Accusative *ògňь *ogňì *ogňì
Genitive *ògňi *ògňьju, *ogňu* *ogňь̀jь, *ògňi*
Locative *ògňi *ògňьju, *ogňu* *ogňь̀xъ
Dative *ogňì *ògňьma *ogňь̀mъ
Instrumental *ogňь̀mь *ògňьma *ògňьmī
Vocative *ogňi *ogňì *ògňьjē, *ògňē*
* 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).
Declension of *ògňь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *ògňь *ogňà *ogňì
Accusative *ògňь *ogňà *ogňę̇̀
Genitive *ogňà *ogňù *ògňь
Locative *ogňì *ogňù *ògňixъ
Dative *ogňù *ogňèma *ògňemъ
Instrumental *ogňь̀mь, *ogňèmь* *ogňèma *ògňi
Vocative *ogňu *ogňà *ogňì
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

See also
  • *vygъňь, *vygъňa (“forge”)
  • *ǫglь (“coal”)

Descendants

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ògņь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
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