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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъnъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From an earlier *sъpnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *súpnas, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós.
Noun
*sъ̀nъ m[1]
- sleep, dream
Inflection
Declension of *sъ̀nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *sъ̀nъ | *sъnà | *sъnì |
Accusative | *sъ̀nъ | *sъnà | *sъnỳ |
Genitive | *sъnà | *sъnù | *sъ̀nъ |
Locative | *sъně̀ | *sъnù | *sъ̀něxъ |
Dative | *sъnù | *sъnòma | *sъnòmъ |
Instrumental | *sъnъ̀mь, *sъnòmь* | *sъnòma | *sъ̀ny |
Vocative | *sъne | *sъnà | *sъnì |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *bezsъnъ (“sleepless”)
- *nesъnъ (“sleepless”)
- *sъniti (“to dream”)
Related terms
- *sъpàti (“to sleep”)
- *usъpiti (“to put to sleep”)
- *usъnǫti (“to fall asleep”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
- Belarusian: сон (son)
- Russian: сон (son)
- Ukrainian: сон (son)
- Old East Slavic: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱄⱏⱀⱏ (sŭnŭ)
- Bulgarian: сън (sǎn)
- Macedonian: сон (son)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: са̏н
- Latin: sȁn
- Slovene: sə̏n (tonal orthography)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: sen
- Czech: sen
- Polish: sen
- Slovak: sen
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: són
- Lower Sorbian: soń
- Old Czech: sen
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “сон”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъ̀nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 481