céń

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cen"

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• ceniô

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *těnь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡seɲ/
• Rhymes: -eɲ
• Syllabification: céń

Noun

céń f

1. shade (darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked)
2. shadow (dark image projected onto a surface where light is blocked by an object)

Declension

Declension of céń

	singular	plural
nominative	céń	cénie
genitive	céni	céni/céniów
dative	céni	cénióm
accusative	céń	cénie
instrumental	cénią	céniama
locative	céni	céniach
vocative	céń/céni	cénie

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• cenisti

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cėń”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 125
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cień”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cień”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “céń”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022