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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sъnъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *supnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos (“sleep; dream”).

Noun

*sъ̀nъ m [1]

  1. sleep, dream

Inflection
Declension of *sъ̀nъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *sъ̀nъ *sъnà *sъnì
Accusative *sъ̀nъ *sъnà *sъnỳ
Genitive *sъnà *sъnù *sъ̀nъ
Locative *sъně̀ *sъnù *sъ̀něxъ
Dative *sъnù *sъnòma *sъnòmъ
Instrumental *sъnъ̀mь, *sъnòmь* *sъnòma *sъ̀ny
Vocative *sъne *sъnà *sъnì
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *bezsъnъ (“sleepless”)
  • *nesъnъ (“sleepless”)
  • *sъniti (“to dream”)
  • *sъpati (“to sleep”)
  • *usъpiti (“to put to sleep”)
  • *usъnǫti (“to fall asleep”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: сънъ (sŭnŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱄⱏⱀⱏ (sŭnŭ)
    • Bulgarian: сън (sǎn)
    • Macedonian: сон (son)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: са̏н
      Latin: sȁn
    • Slovene: sǝ̀n
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: sen
    • Polish: sen
    • Slovak: sen
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: són
      • Lower Sorbian: soń

Further reading
  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “сон”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*sъ̀nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 481
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