Bulgarian

edit

Etymology 1

edit

From Proto-Slavic *stenàti.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

сте́на (sténa) first-singular present indicativeimpf

  1. to groan, to moan
Conjugation
edit

Etymology 2

edit

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic стѣна (stěna), 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

edit
  • IPA(key): [stɛˈna]
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation(key): сте‧на

Noun

edit

стена́ (stenáf

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

References

edit
  • 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

edit

Macedonian

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [ˈstɛna]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

edit

стена (stenaf (plural стени)

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

Declension

edit

Russian

edit

Etymology 1

edit

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

Alternative forms

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

стена́ (stenáf inan (genitive стены́, nominative plural сте́ны, genitive plural стен, relational adjective стенно́й, diminutive сте́нка)

  1. wall
    запере́ться в четырёх стена́хzaperétʹsja v četyrjóx stenáxto 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
edit
Derived terms
edit
edit
Borrowed
Descendants
edit
  • Kildin Sami: сте̄нн (stienn)
  • Southern Yukaghir: иччэнаа (iččenā)
  • Yakut: истиэнэ (istiene)

Etymology 2

edit

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [ˈstɛnə] (phonetic respelling: стэ́на)

Noun

edit

сте́на (stɛ́nam inan

  1. genitive singular of стен (stɛn)

Serbo-Croatian

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stěna.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

сте́на f (Latin spelling sténa)

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

Declension

edit