edьnъ

edìnъ; edьnъ Grammatical information: num. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `one'

Page in Trubačev: VI 11-13

Old Church Slavic:

jedinъ `one' [num o];

jedьnъ `one' [num o] \{1\}

Russian:

odín `one' [num o], odnogó [Gens], odná [Nomsf]

Czech:

jeden `one' [num o]

Polish:

jeden `one' [num o];

jedyny `only' [num o]

Old Polish:

jedziny `only' [num o]

Slovincian:

jȧ̃dĕn `one' [num o]

Serbo-Croatian:

jèdan `one' [num o], jȅdna [Nomsf];

Čak. jedå̃n (Vrgada) `one' [num o], jednȁ [Nomsf], jednȍ [Nomsn];

Čak. jedãn (Orbanići) `one, some, a certain, a' [num o], jenȁ [Nomsf], jenȍ [Nomsn]

Slovene:

edín `only, lonesome' [num o];

jedín `only, lonesome' [num o];

édǝn `one' [num o];

jédǝn `one' [num o];

èn `one' [num o]

Bulgarian:

edín `one' [num. o]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁edʰ-HiH-no-

IE meaning: one

Certainty: +

Page in Pokorny: 284, 286

Comments: In view of Ru. odín, Gsg. odnogó etc., the form *jedьnь must be due to analogy. The vowel of the second syllable behaves similarly to a so-called "tense jer": in strong postion we find i (sometimes e), in weak position the vowel is lost. This behaviour might be linked to the j of *jьnъ. Though the j, which before words beginning with a front vowel had arisen as an automatic Hiatustilger, is absent in *jedinъ/jedьnъ, it is conceivable that it conformed to the pattern of *jьnъ. The problem with this hypothesis is that forms with *jn- < *jьn appear to be lacking. Andersen's reconstruction *edeino- next to *edino- (1996: 116) is, in my opinion, an unsatisfactory explanation for the alternation mentioned above. The origin of the element *jed- < *(h₁)edʰ- is unclear. Pokorny's reconstruction *ed- is in conflict with Winter's law.

Notes:

\{1\} The form with ь is less common than jedinъ.