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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těnь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
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Noun
*těnь f
- shade, shadow
- Synonym: *sě̀nь
Inflection
Declension of *těnь (i-stem)
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | *těnь | *těni | *těni |
Accusative | *těnь | *těni | *těni |
Genitive | *těni | *těnьju, *těňu* | *těnьjь, *těni* |
Locative | *těni | *těnьju, *těňu* | *těnьxъ |
Dative | *těni | *těnьma | *těnьmъ |
Instrumental | *těnьjǫ, *těňǫ* | *těnьma | *těnьmi |
Vocative | *těni | *těni | *těni |
* 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).
Related terms
adjective
- *tьmьnъ
noun
- *tьma
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: тѣнь (těnĭ)
- Belarusian: цень (cjenʹ)
- Russian: тень (tenʹ)
- Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ)
- Rusyn: тїнь (tjinʹ)
- Old East Slavic: тѣнь (těnĭ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: тѣня (těnja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: тење, тијење
- Latin: tenje, tijenje
- Slovene: tẹ́njа (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: stien
- Czech: stín
- Moravian (Mistřice): ťín
- Czech: stín
- Old Polish: cień
- Polish: cień
- Slovak: tieň
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: śěń
- Old Czech: stien
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “тень”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress