студенец

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic студеньць (studenĭcĭ, “spring; spring, source”), from Proto-Slavic *studenьcь (“cold source”), from *studenъ (“cold”) + *-ьcь, from *studъ (“cold, shame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [stʊdʲɪˈnʲet͡s]

Noun

студене́ц • (studenéc) m inan (genitive студенца́, nominative plural студенцы́, genitive plural студенцо́в)

1. spring (water source)
2. well (hole sunk into the ground)

Declension

Declension of студене́ц (inan masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	студене́ц studenéc	студенцы́ studencý
genitive	студенца́ studencá	студенцо́в studencóv
dative	студенцу́ studencú	студенца́м studencám
accusative	студене́ц studenéc	студенцы́ studencý
instrumental	студенцо́м studencóm	студенца́ми studencámi
prepositional	студенце́ studencé	студенца́х studencáx

Synonyms

• родни́к (rodník)
• коло́дец (kolódec)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “студенец”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “студенец”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎^[1] (in Russian), volumes 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 575