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

	singular
nominative	се́нь sénʹ
genitive	се́ни séni
dative	се́ни séni
accusative	се́нь sénʹ
instrumental	се́нью sénʹju
prepositional	се́ни séni
locative	сени́ sení

Declension of сень (inan sg-only fem-form 3rd-decl accent-e) 

Synonyms

• защи́та (zaščíta)
• покро́в (pokróv)

Related terms

• осени́ть (osenítʹ)