сень

See also: сэнь and Appendix:Variations of "sen"

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old East Slavic сѣни (sěni, “shade, shelter”), from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʲenʲ]
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. canopy (in church)
  2. (poetic, obsolete) foliage, umbrage
  3. (figuratively) shade, shelter
    под се́нью ― pod sénʹju ― in the shadow of, under the care of (someone)
    дере́вня приюти́лась под се́нью ле́са ― derévnja prijutílasʹ pod sénʹju lésa ― the village nestled in the shadows of the forest

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