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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěnь
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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 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”).
Inflection
Declension of *sě̀nь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *sě̀nь | *sě̀ni | *sě̀ni |
| Accusative | *sě̀nь | *sě̀ni | *sě̀ni |
| Genitive | *sě̀nī | *sě̀nьju, *sě̀ňu* | *sě̀nьjь, *sě̀nī* |
| Locative | *sě̀nī | *sě̀nьju, *sě̀ňu* | *sě̀nьxъ |
| Dative | *sě̀ni | *sě̀nьma | *sě̀nьmъ |
| Instrumental | *sě̀nьjǫ, *sě̀ňǭ* | *sě̀nьma | *sě̀nьmī |
| 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
- *stěnь (“shadow”)
- *těnь (“shade”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Račeva M., Todorov T., editor (2002), “сен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 609
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sě̀nь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 447: “f. i (a) ‘shadow’”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “senca”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*sě̋nь”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “sěnь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
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