Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xujьňa

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 *xȗjь (“penis”) +‎ *-ьňà.

Noun

*xujьňà f

1. shit, crap

Inflection

Declension of *xujьňa (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*xujьňa	*xujьňi	*xujьňę̇
genitive	*xujьňę̇	*xujьňu	*xujьňь
dative	*xujьňi	*xujьňama	*xujьňamъ
accusative	*xujьňǫ	*xujьňi	*xujьňę̇
instrumental	*xujьňejǫ, *xujьňǫ**	*xujьňama	*xujьňami
locative	*xujьňi	*xujьňu	*xujьňasъ, *xujьňaxъ*
vocative	*xujьňe	*xujьňi	*xujьňę̇

^* -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).

Related terms

• *xujèvъ (“shitty”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: хуйня́ (xujnjá)
  • Ukrainian: хуйня́ (xujnjá)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: chujnia

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “хуй”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 221
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “хуй”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 1091