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Etymology
From Sanskrit शयन (śáyana).
Noun
šen
- bed
Lithuanian
Etymology
Likely related to šis, and possibly Latvian šeit and še. Compare Russian сюда (sjuda). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Adverb
šeñ (dialectal, informal, now uncommon)
- to here
- nei iš šen, nei iš ten ― neither from here nor from there
Usage notes
- Compared to čia, šen cannot be used as a pronoun for standalone "here", and is generally only used with motion verbs; rather, šen may be conceptualized as į čia.
- Commonly used in contrast with ten (“there”), possibly for rhyming reasons.
See also
References
- “šen”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “šen”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024