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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sěnь

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”).

Noun

*sě̀nь f[1][2][3]

  1. shadow

Inflection
Declension of *sě̀nь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
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
  • *stěnь (“shadow”)
  • *těnь (“shade”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: сѣни (sěni)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: síň
    • Polish: sień
    • Slovak: sieň
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: seń
      • Upper Sorbian: seń

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “сен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 609

References
  1. 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’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “senca”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*sě̋nь”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “sěnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
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