See also: щеня

Old East Slavic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *ščenę.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnɛ̃//ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa//ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/

  • Hyphenation: ще‧нѧ

Noun

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щенѧ (ščenęn

  1. dog, puppy

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “щенѧ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎[1] (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1609

Old Novgorodian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščȅnę. Cognate with Old East Slavic щенѧ (ščenę), Old Ruthenian щенѧ́ (ščenjá) and Ukrainian щеня́ (ščenjá).

Noun

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щенѧ (śćenęn

  1. puppy (young dog)
    • c. 1340‒1360, Schaeken, Jos (2019) Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 1067 [Birchbark letter no. 1067]‎[3], Novgorod:
      [ѧ] щен[ѧ]
      [ję] śćen[ję]
      I am a puppy
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Old Ruthenian

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щенѧ́та (sense 1)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic щенѧ (ščenę), from Proto-Slavic *ščȅnę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sken-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken-.[1]

Noun

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щенѧ (ščenjan animal

  1. puppy (young dog)
  2. young animal (feline and canine)
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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “щеня”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 504

Further reading

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  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “щеня, сченя, щене”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 238