щенѧ

See also: щеня

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ščenę.

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

Noun

щенѧ (ščenę) n

  1. dog, puppy

Declension
Declension of щенѧ (t-stem)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative щенѧ
ščenę		 щенѧтѣ
ščenętě		 щенѧта
ščenęta
Genitive щенѧте
ščenęte		 щенѧту
ščenętu		 щенѧтъ
ščenętŭ
Dative щенѧти
ščenęti		 щенѧтьма
ščenętĭma		 щенѧтьмъ
ščenętĭmŭ
Accusative щенѧ
ščenę		 щенѧтѣ
ščenętě		 щенѧта
ščenęta
Instrumental щенѧтьмь
ščenętĭmĭ		 щенѧтьма
ščenętĭma		 щенѧтꙑ
ščenęty
Locative щенѧте
ščenęte		 щенѧту
ščenętu		 щенѧтьхъ
ščenętĭxŭ
Vocative щенѧ
ščenę		 щенѧтѣ
ščenętě		 щенѧта
ščenęta

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: щенѧ́ (ščenjá), сченѧ́ (sčenjá), щенє́ (ščenjé)
    • Belarusian: шчаня́ (ščanjá), шчанё (ščanjó)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: щеня́ (ščenjá)
    • Ukrainian: щеня́ (ščenjá)
  • ⇒ Middle Russian: щенокъ (ščenok) (c. 1618)

References
  • 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]‎ (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

Etymology

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

Noun

щенѧ (ščenę) n

  1. puppy (young dog)
    • c. 1340‒1360, Jos Schaeken, transl., Берестяная грамота № 1067 [Birchbark letter no. 1067]‎, Novgorod:
      [ѧ] щен[ѧ]
      [ę] ščen[ę]
      I am a puppy
Old Novgorodian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-‎ (0 c, 1 e)

Further reading

Old Ruthenian
щенѧ́та (sense 1)

Alternative forms
  • сченѧ́ (sčenjá), щенє́ (ščenjé)

Etymology

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

Noun

щенѧ • (ščenja) n animal

  1. puppy (young dog)
  2. young animal (feline and canine)
Old Ruthenian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ken-‎ (0 c, 1 e)

Descendants

References
  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
  • 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
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