стена

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Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *stenàti.

Pronunciation

Verb

сте́на (sténa) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. to groan, to moan
Conjugation

Etymology 2

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

Noun

стена́ (stenáf

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

References

  • 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

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Noun

стена (stenaf (plural стени)

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

Declension

Russian

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

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
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kildin Sami: сте̄нн (stienn)
  • Yakut: истиэнэ (istiene)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: стэ́на)

Noun

сте́на (stɛ́nam inan

  1. genitive singular of стен (stɛn)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation

Noun

сте́на f (Latin spelling sténa)

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

Declension