Bulgarian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Slavic *stenàti.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

сте́на (sténa) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. to groan, to moan
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Slavic *stěna, formally an action/resultant noun from an unattested *steja, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *staiˀnā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (to stiffen) + -на (-na).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [stɛˈna]
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation(key): сте‧на

Noun edit

стена́ (stenáf

  1. wall
    Synonyms: зид (zid), дува́р (duvár)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

References edit

  • стена”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • стена”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams edit

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈstɛna]
  • (file)

Noun edit

стена (stenaf (plural стени)

  1. rock (mass of projecting rock)
    Synonym: карпа (karpa)
  2. (dialectal) wall
    Synonym: ѕид (dzid)

Declension edit

Russian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna, see also English stone and stain.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

стена́ (stenáf inan (genitive стены́, nominative plural сте́ны, genitive plural стен, relational adjective стенно́й, diminutive сте́нка)

  1. wall
    запере́ться в четырёх сте́нахzaperétʹsja v četyrjóx sténaxto immure oneself (literally, “to lock up oneself up in four walls”)
    би́ться голово́й об сте́нуbítʹsja golovój ob sténuto beat one's head against the wall
    как об сте́ну горо́хkak ob sténu goróxlike talking to a wall
    как за ка́менной стено́йkak za kámennoj stenójsafe (literally, “like behind a stone wall”)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Kildin Sami: сте̄нн (stienn)
  • Yakut: истиэнэ (istiene)

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈstɛnə] (phonetic respelling: стэ́на)

Noun edit

сте́на (stɛ́nam inan

  1. genitive singular of стен (stɛn)

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

сте́на f (Latin spelling sténa)

  1. rock (naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter)

Declension edit