сень

See also: сэнь

Russian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic сѣни (sěni, “shade, shelter”), from Proto-Slavic *sěnь, from Proto-Indo-European *skéh₂ih₂ (“shade, shadow”). Cognates include Bulgarian ся́нка (sjánka), Polish sień. Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit छाया (chāyā), Persian ‎ (sâye), Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [sʲenʲ]
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Noun

сень • (senʹ) f inan (genitive се́ни, uncountable)

canopy (in church)
(poetic, obsolete) foliage, umbrage
(figuratively) shade, shelter
под се́нью ― pod sénʹju ― in the shadow of, under smb.'s care

дере́вня приюти́лась под се́нью ле́са ― derévnja prijutílasʹ pod sénʹju lésa ― the village nestled in the shadows of the forest

Declension

Declension of сень (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e)

	singular
nominative	се́нь sénʹ
genitive	се́ни séni
dative	се́ни séni
accusative	се́нь sénʹ
instrumental	се́нью sénʹju
prepositional	се́ни séni
locative	сени́ sení

Synonyms

защи́та (zaščíta)
покро́в (pokróv)

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