сень

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

Russian

Alternative forms

• сѣнь (sěnʹ) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲenʲ]

• Audio:

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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

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)

Related terms

• осени́ть (osenítʹ)