Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těnь

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 edit

Etymology edit

Probably a contamination between Proto-Slavic *tьmьnъ and Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Noun edit

*těnь f

shade, shadow
Synonym: *sě̀nь

Inflection edit

Declension of *těnь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*těnь	*těni	*těni
genitive	*těni	těnьju, těňu^*	těnьjь, těni^*
dative	*těni	*těnьma	*těnьmъ
accusative	*těnь	*těni	*těni
instrumental	těnьjǫ, těňǫ^*	*těnьma	*těnьmi
locative	*těni	těnьju, těňu^*	*těnьxъ
vocative	*těni	*těni	*těni

^* 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 edit

adjective

*tьmьnъ

noun

*tьma

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тѣнь (těnĭ)
  - Belarusian: цень (cjenʹ)
  - Russian: тень (tenʹ)
  - Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ)
  - Carpathian Rusyn: тїнь (tjinʹ)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: тѣня (těnja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: тење, тијење
  
  Latin script: tenje, tijenje
- Slovene: tẹ́njа (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stien
  - Czech: stín
- Kashubian: céń, ceniô
- Old Polish: cień
  - Polish: cień
- Slovak: tieň
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: śěń