щеня
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Moksha
Etymology
From щ- (šč-) + ине (ine), with the former being derived from Proto-Uralic *śečä and the latter from Proto-Uralic *enä. Compare щава (ščava, “maternal grandmother”), щака (ščaka, “aunt”)
Pronunciation
Noun
щеня • (ščenä)
- maternal uncle
- any male relative on the mother's side
- any older man
Declension
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
щеня (ščenä) | щенят (ščenät) |
| genitive (of ...) |
щенянь (ščenäń) | |
| dative (to ...) |
щенянди (ščenändi) | |
| comparative (like ...) |
щеняшка (ščenäška) | |
| ablative (than ...) |
щеняда (ščenäda) | |
| lative (into ...) |
щеняв (ščenäv) | |
| illative (into ...) |
щеняс (ščenäs) | |
| inessive (in ...) |
щеняса (ščenäsa) | |
| elative (out of ...) |
щеняста (ščenästa) | |
| prolative (through ...) |
щенява (ščenäva) | |
| causative (for ...) |
щенянкса (ščenänksa) | |
| translative (becoming ...) |
щенякс (ščenäks) | |
| abessive (without ...) |
щеняфтома (ščenäftoma) | |
| case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (...) |
щенясь (ščenäś) | щенятне (ščenätne) |
| genitive (of ...) |
щенять (ščenäť) | щенятнень (ščenätneń) |
| dative (to ...) |
щеняти (ščenäti) | щенятненди (ščenätnendi) |
Ukrainian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic щенѧ (ščenę), from Proto-Slavic *ščenę.
Pronunciation
Noun
щеня́ • (ščenjá) n animal (genitive щеня́ти, nominative plural щеня́та, genitive plural щеня́т)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | щеня́ ščenjá |
щеня́та ščenjáta |
| genitive | щеня́ти ščenjáty |
щеня́т ščenját |
| dative | щеня́ті ščenjáti |
щеня́там ščenjátam |
| accusative | щеня́ ščenjá |
щеня́та, щеня́т ščenjáta, ščenját |
| instrumental | щеня́м ščenjám |
щеня́тами ščenjátamy |
| locative | щеня́ті ščenjáti |
щеня́тах ščenjátax |
| vocative | щеня́ ščenjá |
щеня́та ščenjáta |
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “щеня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “щеня”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “щеня”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “щеня”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)