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щенѧ

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See also: щеня

Old East Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ščenę.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕt͡ɕɛˈnɛ̃//ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa//ɕt͡ɕɛˈnʲa/
  • (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

More information singular, dual ...

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), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1609
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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 (śćenę) n

  1. puppy (young dog)
    • c. 1340‒1360, Schaeken, Jos (2019), Voices on Birchbark (SSGL; 43), Leiden, Boston: Brill, transl., Берестяная грамота № 1067 [Birchbark letter no. 1067], Novgorod:
      [ѧ] щен[ѧ]
      [] śćen[]
      I am a puppy

Further reading

  • щен[ѧ] (letter no. 1067), c. 1340‒1360”, in Древнерусские берестяные грамоты [Birchbark Literacy from Medieval Rus] (in Russian), http://gramoty.ru, 2007–2025
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Old Ruthenian

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