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Russian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old East Slavic сѣни (sěni, “shade, shelter”), from Proto-Slavic *sěnь.
Pronunciation
Noun
сень • (senʹ) f inan (genitive се́ни, uncountable)
- canopy (in church)
- (poetic, obsolete) foliage, umbrage
- (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
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singular
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| nominative
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се́нь
sénʹ
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| genitive
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се́ни
séni
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| dative
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се́ни
séni
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| accusative
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се́нь
sénʹ
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| instrumental
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се́нью
sénʹju
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| prepositional
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се́ни
séni
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| locative
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сени́
sení
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