Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těnь
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Proto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a contamination between Proto-Slavic *tьmьnъ and Proto-Slavic *sěnь.
Noun[edit]
*těnь f
Inflection[edit]
Declension of *těnь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *těnь | *těni | *těni |
genitive | *těni | *těnьju, *těňu* | *těnьjь, *těni* |
dative | *těni | *těnьma | *těnьmъ |
accusative | *těnь | *těni | *těni |
instrumental | *těnьjǫ, *těňǫ* | *těnьma | *těnьmi |
locative | *těni | *těnьju, *těňu* | *těnьxъ |
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[edit]
adjective
noun
Descendants[edit]
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading[edit]
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress