Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pěsnь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom *pěti (“to sing”) + *-snь.
Noun
edit*pěsnь f
Declension
editDeclension of *pěsnь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *pěsnь | *pěsni | *pěsni |
genitive | *pěsni | *pěsnьju, *pěsňu* | *pěsnьjь, *pěsni* |
dative | *pěsni | *pěsnьma | *pěsnьmъ |
accusative | *pěsnь | *pěsni | *pěsni |
instrumental | *pěsnьjǫ, *pěsňǫ* | *pěsnьma | *pěsnьmi |
locative | *pěsni | *pěsnьju, *pěsňu* | *pěsnьxъ |
vocative | *pěsni | *pěsni | *pěsni |
* 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).
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Bulgarian: песен (pesen)
- Macedonian: песна (pesna)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: pẹ̑səm (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “песня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress