сон

See also: -сон and -сөн

Avar

Etymology 1

Akin to Andi суни.

Adverb

сон • (son)

1. yesterday

Etymology 2

Akin to Budukh сан (san) and Lak шин (šin) and Udi усен (usen).

Noun

сон • (son)

1. year

See also

• лъагӏел (łaʿel)

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		сон
Roman		son
Perso-Arabic		سون‎

Noun

сон (definite accusative сону, plural сонлар)

1. end, ending

Declension

Declension of сон

	singular	plural
nominative	сон	сонлар
definite accusative	сону	сонлары
dative	сона	сонлара
locative	сонда	сонларда
ablative	сондан	сонлардан
definite genitive	сонун	сонлары

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Belarusian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [son]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

сон • (son) m inan (genitive сну, nominative plural сны, genitive plural сноў)

1. sleep
2. dream

Declension

Declension of сон (inan hard masc-form accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	сон son	сны sny
genitive	сну snu	сноў snoŭ
dative	сну snu	снам snam
accusative	сон son	сны sny
instrumental	сном snom	сна́мі snámi
locative	сне snje	снах snax
count form	—	сны1 sny1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

References

• “сон” in Belarusian-Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

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Erzya

Etymology

Cognate with Moksha сон (son) and Sami son.

Pronoun

сон • (son)

1. he, she, it (third-person singular)

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Macedonian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔn]

Noun

сон • (son) m

1. dream
2. sleep

Inflection

Usual

Declension of сон

	singular	plural
indefinite	сон	соништа
definite unspecified	сонот	соништата
definite proximal	сонов	соништава
definite distal	сонон	соништана
vocative	сону	соништа
count form	—	сона

Poetic

Declension of сон

	singular	plural
indefinite	сон	сништа
definite unspecified	сонот	сништата
definite proximal	сонов	сништава
definite distal	сонон	сништана
vocative	сону	сништа
count form	—	{{{3}}}

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Moksha

Etymology

Cognates include Erzya сон (son), Northern Sami son, Finnish hän, Khanty лӫг (lőg), Mansi [script needed] (taw), Hungarian ő.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /son/

Pronoun

сон • (son)

1. (third person singular) he, she, it
   • (2005), Apostolxnenʹ tevsna [Acts of the Apostles], Helsinki: Biblijanʹ jotaftoma institutsʹ [Institute for Bible Translation]

     тейст Сон эвондакшнесь нильгемонь шинь кувалма крёз лангса муцендамдонза меле. Иисус ламоксть верондафтозь няфтезе – Сон меки шиса: синь Сонь няезь и Сон азондсь тейст Шкаень Оцязорксшить колга.

     tejst Son evondakšnesʹ nilʹgemonʹ šinʹ kuvalma krjoz langsa mucendamdonza mele. Iisus lamokstʹ verondaftozʹ njafteze – Son meki šisa: sinʹ Sonʹ njajezʹ i Son azondsʹ tejst Škajenʹ Ocjazorksšitʹ kolga.

     He had shown himself alive to them after his Passion by many demonstrations: for forty days he had continued to appear to them and tell them about the kingdom of God.

Declension

Indefinite declension of сон

	singular	plural
nominative	сон (son)	синь (sinʹ)
genitive	сонь (sonʹ)	синь (sinʹ)
dative	тейнза (tejnza)	тейст (tejst)
ablative	сондедонза (sondedonza)	синдедост (sindedost)
inessive	соньцонза (sonʹconza)	синьцост (sinʹcost)
elative	соньцтонза (sonʹctonza)	синьцтост (sinʹctost)
illative	—	—
prolative	—	—
comparative	соньшканза (sonʹškanza)	синьшкаст (sinʹškast)
translative	—	—
abessive	соньфтемонза (sonʹftemonza)	синьфтемост (sinʹftemost)
causative	—	—

The meaning of the missing cases is conveyed by the personal pronoun in genitive and the relevant postposition, for example, монь инксон (monʹ inkson, “because of me”) for causative.

Definite declension of сон

	singular	plural
nominative	сонць (soncʹ)	синць (sincʹ)
genitive	сонцень (soncenʹ)	синцень (sincenʹ)
dative	—	—

Derived terms

• сонь (sonʹ)
• сонцень (soncenʹ)

References

Further reading

• Indefinite and definite paradigms of сон (son) in O. Je. Poljakov (1993) Russko-mokšanskij razgovornik [Russian-Moksha phrasebook], Saransk: Mordovskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, →ISBN, page 19

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Russian

Alternative forms

• сонъ (son) – Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [son]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on

Noun

сон • (son) m inan (genitive сна, nominative plural сны, genitive plural снов)

1. sleep
2. dream (imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping)
   • 1916—1922, Александр Грин (Alexander Grin), Алые паруса [Scarlet sails], filmed in 1961:

     Далеко́-далеко́ отсю́да я уви́дел тебя́ во сне́

     Dalekó-dalekó otsjúda ja uvídel tebjá vo sné

     Far, far away from here I saw you in (my) dream

Declension

Declension of сон (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	со́н són	сны́ sný
genitive	сна́ sná	сно́в snóv
dative	сну́ snú	сна́м snám
accusative	со́н són	сны́ sný
instrumental	сно́м snóm	сна́ми snámi
prepositional	сне́ sné	сна́х snáx

Related terms

• сонли́вость (sonlívostʹ)
• сонли́вый (sonlívyj)
• со́нная арте́рия (sónnaja artɛ́rija)
• со́нник (sónnik)
• со́нно (sónno)
• со́нный (sónnyj)
• со́ня (sónja)
• со́ня-полчо́к (sónja-polčók)
• сон-трава́ (son-travá)
• сновиде́ние (snovidénije)
• снотво́рное (snotvórnoje)
• снотво́рный (snotvórnyj)
• спать (spatʹ)

See also

• мечта́ (mečtá)

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Ukrainian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sъ̀nъ, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔn]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

сон • (son) m inan (genitive сну, nominative plural сни, genitive plural снів)

1. sleep
2. dream

Declension

Declension of сон (inan hard masc-form accent-b reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	сон son	сни sny
genitive	сну snu	снів sniv
dative	сно́ві, сну snóvi, snu	снам snam
accusative	сон son	сни sny
instrumental	сном snom	сна́ми snámy
locative	сні sni	снах snax
vocative	сну snu	сни sny

Noun

сон • (son) m inan (genitive со́ну, uncountable)

1. (uncountable) pasque flower

Declension

Declension of сон (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	сон son
genitive	со́ну sónu
dative	со́нові, со́ну sónovi, sónu
accusative	сон son
instrumental	со́ном sónom
locative	со́ну, со́ні sónu, sóni
vocative	со́не sóne

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “сон”, in Словник української мови: в 11 томах [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 volumes] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka