сынъ

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See also: сынь and сꙑнъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic сꙑнъ (synŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sy̑nъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sū́ˀnus, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús, from *sewH-. Cognate with Russian сын (syn), Old Church Slavonic сꙑнъ (synŭ).

Noun

сынъ (synm pers

  1. son
    отецъ за сына, а сынъ за отца не повиненъ терпетьotecʹ za syna, a syn za otca ne povinen terpetʹ(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    у Януса были три сыныu Janusa byli tri syny(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. child
    кров его на нас и на сн҃ы нашеkrov eho na nas i na syny našeHis blood be on us and our sons

Descendants

  • Belarusian: сын (syn)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: сын (sŷn)
  • Ukrainian: син (syn)

Further reading

  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “сынъ¹, сынь, синъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 410
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1978), “синъ², сынъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. [Dictionary of the Old Ukrainian Language of the 14ᵗʰ–15ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Н – Ѳ), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 345
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Bulyka, A. M., editor (2013), “сынъ, синъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 33 (струна – треснутися), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 140

Russian

Noun

сынъ (synm inan (genitive сы́на, nominative plural сыновья́ or сыны́, genitive plural сынове́й or сыно́въ)

  1. Pre-1918 spelling of сын (syn).

Declension