Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěnь
Proto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śáiˀnas, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱéh₃y-ō ~ *(s)ḱih₃-nés (“shade, shadow”) (alternatively reconstructed as *sḱeh₂(y)-). Akin to Proto-Indo-Iranian *śćaHyáH (“shadow”), Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”).
Noun edit
Inflection edit
Declension of *sě̀nь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *sě̀nь | *sě̀ni | *sě̀ni |
genitive | *sě̀nī | *sě̀nьju, *sě̀ňu* | *sě̀nьjь, *sě̀nī* |
dative | *sě̀ni | *sě̀nьma | *sě̀nьmъ |
accusative | *sě̀nь | *sě̀ni | *sě̀ni |
instrumental | *sě̀nьjǫ, *sě̀ňǭ* | *sě̀nьma | *sě̀nьmī |
locative | *sě̀nī | *sě̀nьju, *sě̀ňu* | *sě̀nьxъ |
vocative | *sěni | *sě̀ni | *sě̀ni |
* 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).
See also edit
Descendants edit
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Racheva, M.; Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 609
References edit
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sě̀nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 447: “f. i (a) ‘shadow’”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “senca”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sě̋nь”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “sěnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”