сѣнь

See also: сънъ

Old Church Slavonic

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sěnь (“shade”).

Noun

сѣнь • (sěnĭ) f

1. shadow
   • Ретъко, editor (1025±50?), Codex Suprasliensis‎^[1] (in Old Church Slavonic), page (leaf) 230, line 17:

     како свѣтъ немрачь҆нꙑи҆ въ темь҆нꙑѧ҆ · и҅ вь҆ сѣни съмрътънꙑѧ приходитъ ·

     kako světŭ nemračĭ҆nyi҆ vŭ temĭ҆nyję҆ · i҅ vĭ҆ sěni sŭmrŭtŭnyję prixoditŭ ·

     How does the undarkened light come into darkness and the shadow of death?

Declension

Declension of сѣнь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	сѣнь sěnĭ	сѣни sěni	сѣни sěni
genitive	сѣни sěni	сѣнью, сѣнию sěnĭju, sěniju	сѣньи, сѣнии sěnĭi, sěnii
dative	сѣни sěni	сѣньма sěnĭma	сѣньмъ sěnĭmŭ
accusative	сѣнь sěnĭ	сѣни sěni	сѣни sěni
instrumental	сѣньѭ, сѣниѭ sěnĭjǫ, sěnijǫ	сѣньма sěnĭma	сѣньми sěnĭmi
locative	сѣни sěni	сѣнью, сѣнию sěnĭju, sěniju	сѣньхъ sěnĭxŭ
vocative	сѣни sěni	сѣни sěni	сѣньѥ, сѣниѥ sěnĭje, sěnije

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʲenʲ]

Noun

сѣнь • (sěnʹ) f inan (genitive сѣ́ни, uncountable)

1. Pre-1918 spelling of сень (senʹ).

Declension

Pre-reform declension of сѣнь (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

	singular
nominative	сѣ́нь sě́nʹ
genitive	сѣ́ни sě́ni
dative	сѣ́ни sě́ni
accusative	сѣ́нь sě́nʹ
instrumental	сѣ́нью sě́nʹju
prepositional	сѣ́ни sě́ni
locative	сѣни́ sění