Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьsina

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

Etymology

From *pьsъ +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*pьsina f

1. dog
2. dog meat

Declension

Declension of *pьsina (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*pьsina	*pьsině	*pьsiny
genitive	*pьsiny	*pьsinu	*pьsinъ
dative	*pьsině	*pьsinama	*pьsinamъ
accusative	*pьsinǫ	*pьsině	*pьsiny
instrumental	*pьsinojǫ, *pьsinǫ**	*pьsinama	*pьsinami
locative	*pьsině	*pьsinu	*pьsinasъ, *pьsinaxъ*
vocative	*pьsino	*pьsině	*pьsiny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: пьсина (pĭsina), псина (psina)
    • Old Ruthenian: пси́на (psína)
      • Belarusian: псі́на (psína)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: пси́на (psýna); пши́на (pšýna) (Pannonian)
      • Ukrainian: пси́на (psýna)
    • Russian: пси́на (psína)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пси̏на

    Latin script: psȉna

  • Slovene: psína (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: psina
  • Kashubian: psëna
  • Polish: psina

Further reading

• Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “псі́на”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka