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Mator
Etymology
From Proto-Samoyedic *cën, from Proto-Uralic *sëne.
Noun
тень (transliteration needed)
- sinew
References
Russian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic тѣнь (těnĭ), from Proto-Slavic *těnь.
Pronunciation
Noun
тень • (tenʹ) f inan (genitive те́ни, nominative plural те́ни, genitive plural тене́й, relational adjective тенево́й)
- shade
- shadow
1972, Братья Стругацкие [Arkady and Boris Strugatsky], chapter 1, in Пикник на обочине, Ленинград: Аврора; English translation from Olena Bormashenko, transl., Roadside Picnic, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2012:Не понра́вилась мне э́та покры́шка. Тень от неё кака́я-то ненорма́льная. Со́лнце нам в спи́ну, а тень к нам протяну́лась.- Ne ponrávilasʹ mne éta pokrýška. Tenʹ ot nejó kakája-to nenormálʹnaja. Sólnce nam v spínu, a tenʹ k nam protjanúlasʹ.
- I don’t like the look of that tire. There’s something wrong with its shadow. The sun is at our backs, but the shadow is stretching toward us.
- vestige, particle, atom, hint
- (in the plural) eye shadow
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
тень • (tenʹ) f anim or f inan (genitive те́ни, nominative plural те́ни, genitive plural те́ней or тене́й)
- apparition, phantom, ghost
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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те́нь ténʹ
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те́ни téni
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genitive
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те́ни téni
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те́ней, тене́й ténej, tenéj
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dative
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те́ни téni
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те́ням, теня́м ténjam, tenjám
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accusative
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animate
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те́нь ténʹ
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те́ней, тене́й ténej, tenéj
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inanimate
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те́ни téni
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instrumental
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те́нью, те́нию△ ténʹju, téniju△
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те́нями, теня́ми ténjami, tenjámi
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prepositional
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те́ни téni
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те́нях, теня́х ténjax, tenjáx
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