ŝajni

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Etymology

From German scheinen. Cognate with English shine.

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  • Rhymes: -ajni
  • Hyphenation: ŝaj‧ni

Verb

ŝajni (present ŝajnas, past ŝajnis, future ŝajnos, conditional ŝajnus, volitive ŝajnu)

  1. (intransitive) to seem; to look outwardly; to look
    • 1908, J. W. Goethe, translated by L. L. Zamenhof, Ifigenio en Taŭrido:
      Nun al mi ŝajnis, ke denove nubo / Kviete min ĉirkaŭas
      Now it seemed to me, that again a cloud / quietly surrounded me

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