щенѧ

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See also: щеня

Old East Slavic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *ščenę.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnɛ̃/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/
  • Hyphenation: ще‧нѧ

Noun[edit]

щенѧ (ščenęn

  1. dog, puppy

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “щенѧ”, 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 1609

Old Novgorodian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščȅnę. Cognate with Old East Slavic щенѧ (ščenę), Old Ruthenian щенѧ́ (ščenjá) and Ukrainian щеня́ (ščenjá).

Noun[edit]

щенѧ (ščenęn

  1. puppy (young dog)
    • c. 1340‒1360, Jos Schaeken, transl., Берестяная грамота № 1067 [Birchbark letter no. 1067]‎[2], Novgorod:
      [ѧ] щен[ѧ]
      [ę] ščen[ę]
      I am a puppy

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Old Ruthenian[edit]

щенѧ́та (sense 1)

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old East Slavic щенѧ (ščenę), from Proto-Slavic *ščȅnę, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sken-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken-.[1]

Noun[edit]

щенѧ (ščenjan animal

  1. puppy (young dog)
  2. young animal (feline and canine)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2012), “щеня”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (У – Я), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 504

Further reading[edit]

  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “щеня, сченя, щене”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 238