Laktinje
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Laktinje (Macedonian: Лактиње) is a village in the municipality of Debarca, North Macedonia. It used to be part of the former municipality of Belčišta.
Name
Inhabitants from Laktinje associate the name of the settlement with the Латините/Latinite (Latins), due to there being an old graveyard in the village.[1] Pianka Włodzimierz states it could be possible that the placename is derived from the name Vlah'ta or Vlah'tin, ultimately from the form Vlah.[1] In Western Macedonian dialects, dropping the initial v and substituting it for a h sound before the consonant occurs sporadically is a regular phenomenon which Włodzimierz proposes could have happened in this instance.[1] Włodzimierz also states that the name could originate from a lost appellative лактина/Laktina meaning 'a bend on a river or road' (as the village is located on such a bend), ultimately from the collective form лакед/laked < лакътъ/Lak't.[1]
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 82 inhabitants.[2] Ethnic groups in the village include:[2]
- Macedonians 81
- Serbs 1
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Włodzimierz, Pianka (1970). Toponomastikata na Ohridsko-Prespanskiot bazen. Institut za makedonski jazik "Krste Misirkov". p. 91. "Селаните го сврзуваат името на селото со Латините (во селото има стари гробишта). Возможно е дека е тоа изведенка од лично име *Vlaхъta или Vlaхъtin. Дека можело да постои такво име изведено од името Vlah сведочат следнив сх. лични имиња: Vlahota, Vlahuta, Dragut и Dragutin, Milut и Milutin, Milta и Miltin, Hranta, Bokta (од *Bogъta) и сл. Отпаѓањето на почетното в- во оваа позиција е редовна појава во западномакедонските говори (спор. ласеница, лашки-власеница, -влашки), а замена на х пред согласка се среќава спорадично (спор. Охрит, дијал. м. Охрид, Нектен од Нехтен и сл.). Но можеби имаме тука загубен апелатив *лактина 'завој на река или пат' (селото лежи на таков завој) во колективна форма, спор. лакед <лакътъ кој H. P. Ковачев: Местните названи... от Севлиевско, Софи..... 1961, c. 17."
- ^ a b Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 67.
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